Purchased from Frederick R. Halsey by Henry E. Huntington through George D. Smith, December 1915. The volume was put up for sale in 1890 by Robson & Kerslake and includes an 1895 bookplate of Swiftian collector Colonel Francis Richard Charles Grant (1834-1899).
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Imprint: [Dublin, 1728?]
First line: Soft Venus, Love's too anxious Queen.
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Printed. The attribution to Ambrose Philips is probably false.
Imprint: [Dublin, 1725?]
First line: Dear Doctor, here comes a young Virgin untainted.
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Printed. The name Doctor Berkley filled in.
Imprint: [Dublin, 1728]
First line: Hail Sacred Art! Thou Gift of Heaven, design'd
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Printed. Sometimes attributed to Constantia Grierson. Includes James Sterling's anonymous 'Say, Cadmus, by what ray divine inspir'd'.
Imprint: Dublin : printed in the year, 1729/30 [1730]
First line: Ye tender Fair, with streaming Eyes,
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Printed.