Miscellany Poems. Containing Variety of New Translations of the Ancient Poets: Together with Several Original Poems. By the Most Eminent Hands. Published by Mr. Dryden. (6 volumes)

John Dryden

London, Jacob Tonson, 1716.

[Tonson's Miscellany: Early English printing, in contemporary binding] 6 volume set. 12mo. Bound in acid-washed calf.  Shelf wear. Some of the hinges cracked, but solid.   Gilt ruled. All edges red. Marbled end pages. Engraved frontispiece illustrations. : v.I; [12], [i]-xxxvi, [viii], [1]-360. v.II; [xii], [5]-396. v.III; [xii], [1]-380. v.IV; [xii], [3]-420. v.V; [xii], [1]-396. v.VI; [xii], [1]-395, [1]. 

Provenance: 18th century book plate of Frances Colleton. ESTC N65196.  Frances Colleton (?-1805) was the wife of James Edward Colleton (1709-1790), a British MP from Haines Hill, Berks. They owned a plantation in Barbados.  ESTC N6906. [Pt. 1-6.] The first-sixth parts of Miscellany poems.   Frontis. illustration (A1) signed: Le Clerc Lefils inv. Lud. Du Guernier sculp.