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.
- Publisher:
- Edmund Curll
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 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
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