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A poem on the art of printing

Description

Imprint: [Dublin, 1728]

First line: Hail Sacred Art! Thou Gift of Heaven, design'd

View the Huntington Online Catalog record.

Printed. Sometimes attributed to Constantia Grierson. Includes James Sterling's anonymous 'Say, Cadmus, by what ray divine inspir'd'.

Type

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Date

1728

Call number

143243

Provenance

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).

Restrictions

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Associated people

Barber, Mary, (approximately 1685-1755.)

Belcher, James. (1687?-1743.)

Carey, Henry, (1685 or 1686-1768.)

Delany, Patrick, (1834-1899,)

Grant, Francis, (1847-1918.)

Halsey, Frederic R. (-1725,)

Harding, John, (active 1721-1729.)

Harding, Sarah, (1685-1763.)

King, William, (1711-1736.)

Mountcashell, Edward Davys, (1674-1749.)

Owens, Samuel. (1687-1738.)

Philips, Ambrose, (1671-1729.)

Sheridan, Thomas, (-1738.)

Smedley, Jonathan, (1667-1745.)

Stretzer, Thomas, (1685-1740.)

Swift, Jonathan,

Tickell, Thomas,

Ware, Henry,

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