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The School of Venus: or, the Lady's Miscellany. Second edition [ECCO] [T73534]

DMI number:
625
Publication Date:
1739
ESTC number:
T73534
EEBO/ECCO link:
CW113289271
Shelfmark:
ECCO - Bod
Full Title:
THE | SCHOOL of [i]VENUS:[/i] | OR, THE | [i]LADY[/i]'s MISCELLANY. | BEING, | A COLLECTION | OF | ORIGINAL POEMS and NOVELS | relating to LOVE and GALLANTRY. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | THE SECOND EDITION. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for E. CURLL, at POPE's Head in [i]Rose-Street | Covent-Garden[/i]. MDCCXXXIX. Price 6s.
Epigraph:
Venus! thy Empire o'er the World extends! | To thy soft Charms the whole Creation bends! | On Hills, in Streams, thro' all the rolling Main, | The leafy Forest, and the grassy Plain; | Thy kindling Warmth, the various Nations find, | And rush with Joy to generate their kind. | Dryden.
Place of Publication:
London
Format:
Octavo
Price:
6 s.
Bibliographic details:
Frontispiece engraving. Price on imprint.
Comments:
MISCELLANY GENRE: Collection of erotic verse.
Related People
Publisher:
Edmund Curll
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Content/Publication
First Line:
In ancient times before this isle was known
Page No:
pp.[1]-19
Poem Title:
The Art of Dress. A Poem.
Attribution:
John Durant Breval
Attributed To:
John Breval
First Line:
Say gentle muse whence all this mighty care
Page No:
pp.[21]-40
Poem Title:
The Patch. An Heroi-Comical Poem. In Three Cantos.
Attribution:
Francis Hauksbee
Attributed To:
Francis Hauksbee
First Line:
Since in such odd fantastic times as these
Page No:
pp.[41]-66
Poem Title:
The Hoop-Petticoat: An Heroi-Comical Poem.
Attribution:
Joseph Gay
Attributed To:
Joseph Gay