Prefaces and prologues to famous books :
with introductions, notes and illustrations.

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Spedding, James, 1808-1881., editor.
Spedding, James, 1808-1881, ed.
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885.
Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Motte, Andrew, -1734, translator.
Allen, John, 1771-1839, translator.
Taine, Hippolyte, 1828-1893, translator.
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
Raleigh, Walter, Sir, approximately 1552-1618.
Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492.
Motte, Andrew, -1734, tr.
Allen, John, 1771-1839, tr.
Taine, Hippolyte, 1828-1893, tr.
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727
Condell, Henry, -1627
Heminge, John, approximately 1556-1630
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599
Knox, John, approximately 1514-1572
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543
Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564
Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492

Language(s)

English

Published

New York : P.F. Collier & Son, 1910.

Subjects

Prefaces
Prologues and epilogues
Prologues and epilogues
Prefatory works

Note

--Preface of Fables, ancient and modern, by J. Dryden.--Preface to Joseph Andrews, by H. Fielding.--Preface to the English dictionary; Preface to Shakespeare, by S. Johnson.--Introduction to the Propylaen, by J.W. von Goethe.--Prefaces to various volumes of poems; Appendix to Lyrical ballads; Essays supplementary to preface, by W. Wordsworth.--Preface to Cromwell, by V. Hugo.--Preface to Leaves of grass, by W. Whitman.--Introduction to the History of English literature, by H.A. Taine.

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1 p. ℓ., 462 p., 1 ℓ. front., pl., port., fold. facsim. 23 cm.

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