The pleasures of coition ... with some other pieces [N11942]
- DMI number:
- 458
- Publication Date:
- 1721
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- N11942
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW110099977
- Shelfmark:
- BL - RB.23.a.10191(1)
- Full Title:
- THE | PLEASURES | OF | COITION; | OR, THE | Nightly Sports of VENUS: | A | POEM. | BEING | A Translation of the [i]Pervigilium Veneris[/i], | of the Celebrated BONEFONIUS. | With some other PIECES. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [i]LONDON[/i], | Printed for E. CURLL at the [i]Dial[/i] and [i]Bible[/i] over | against [i]Catherine-street[/i] in the [i]Strand[/i]. M.DCC.XXI.
- Epigraph:
- [i]Amor omnia vincit.[/i]
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of erotic verse
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- 1 s.
- Pagination:
- [2], 5-56, [8]pp.
- Bibliographic details:
- PLATES: Frontispiece HALF-TITLE: [i]BONEFONIUS'[/i]s | Pervigilium Veneris, | TRANSLATED. | (Price One Shilling.)
- Comments:
- PLATES: Frontispiece engraved by Vandergucht.
- Other matter:
- BACK-MATTER: Note linking text to Tonson's 'Johannis Bonefonii Arverni Carmina', p. 56; 'Catalogue' of books, 8pp.
- Title:
- The pleasures of coition ... with some other pieces [2nd ed] [N20196] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1721
- ESTC No:
- N20196
- Volume:
- None
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Engraver:
- Gerard Vandergucht
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Edmund Curll
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- O pleasing pleasing shades of night
- Page No:
- pp.5-20
- Poem Title:
- Pervigilium Veneris.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- First-born of Erebus and gloomy care
- Page No:
- pp.21-26
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Melancholy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Cease to demand the cause why I
- Page No:
- pp.27-30
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Iris.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- No music has such tempting charms
- Page No:
- pp.31-33
- Poem Title:
- The Sportsman.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To try a mighty painter's art
- Page No:
- p.34
- Poem Title:
- The Painter.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Old Feeble joined to a young wife
- Page No:
- pp.35-37
- Poem Title:
- The Sick Wife.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Lesbia had plied me with her lips and smiles
- Page No:
- p.38
- Poem Title:
- The Disappointment.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Twistilla whose demure and saintish face
- Page No:
- pp.39-40
- Poem Title:
- The Hypocrite.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Wonder not that I am so nasty
- Page No:
- pp.41-43
- Poem Title:
- The Tea-Pot.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Waft me some soft and cooling breeze
- Page No:
- pp.44-46
- Poem Title:
- The Midsummer-Wish.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- And does my Eloisa then complain
- Page No:
- pp.47-50
- Poem Title:
- Fragment of an Epistle from Abelard to Eloisa.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Beckingham
- Attributed To:
- Charles Beckingham
- First Line:
- As the fair vestal to the fountain came
- Page No:
- pp.51-52
- Poem Title:
- The Vestal. From Ovid de Fastis, Lib.iii. Eleg.I.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Addison
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- Is Viner dead and shall each muse become
- Page No:
- pp.53-56
- Poem Title:
- On the Death of Mr. Viner in Ireland.
- Attribution:
- by Dean Parnelle
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
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