By John Dryden
London   H. Hills
7" by 4.5" [2], 3-16pp
A smart later edition of this uncommon poem from John Dryden, a panegyric he was commissioned to write for a lady he had never met.
By John Dryden

1709 Eleonora: A Panegyrical Poem, Dedicated to the Memory of the Late Countess of Abingdon

London   H. Hills
7" by 4.5" [2], 3-16pp
A smart later edition of this uncommon poem from John Dryden, a panegyric he was commissioned to write for a lady he had never met.
£98.00
: 0.5kgs / : 931F29

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Description

Uncommon

A 1709 edition of this uncommon work, which was first published in 1692.

The poem, commissioned by the Earl of Abingdon, praises the piety and charity of its subject, in somewhat vague terms.

ESTC. T32606

Trimmed by 17mm to title page tail, removing the One Penny price.

The work of poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright John Dryden, who was England's first Poet Laureate.

Condition

Unbound, as issued. Title page trimmed to tail by 17mm. Two spots to title page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned, but clean.

Very Good

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