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The lyre of love.

Title: The lyre of love.
Author: Courtier, Peter L., 1776-
Publication: London : Printed by Charles Whittingham, Dean Street; for John Sharpe, opposite York House, Piccadilly, 1806.

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Description

2 volumes : illustrations; 16 cm

Summary

Amatory verse selected from the English poets, with biographical sketches.

Subject

Love poetry

Note

Pagination: volume 1: [2], xiii, [1], 175, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates; volume 2: [2], ix, [1], 180 pages, [1] leaf of plates.
Edited by Peter Lionel Courtier (see ODNB), who is included among the selected poets (volume 2, pages 149-153); the final poem in the collection is "Amoretta" (volume 2, pages [171]-180) which is "by the editor."
Dedication: "To The Right Honourable Lady Anna Maria Stanhope ..."
Illustrations: Both title pages bear an engraved vignette by J. Landseer after E. F. Burney. Volume one has an engraved frontispiece, "The Right Hon.ble Lady Anna Maria Stanhope," by Anthony Cardon after Richard Cosway; volume two has an engraved frontispiece by Thomas Milton after Richard Westall.

Call Number

Pforz (Courtier, P. L. Lyre of love)

LCCN

17006626

OCLC

7606811

Author

Courtier, Peter L., 1776- editor.

Title

The lyre of love.

Imprint

London : Printed by Charles Whittingham, Dean Street; for John Sharpe, opposite York House, Piccadilly, 1806.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy: Contemporary mottled calf, gilt cover borders, black spine labels, gilt spine titling and decoration.

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Added Author

Bedford, Anna Russell, Duchess of, 1783-1857, dedicatee.

Landseer, John, 1769-1852, engraver.

Burney, Edward Francis, 1760-1848, illustrator.

Cardon, Anthony, 1772-1813, engraver.

Cosway, Richard, 1740-1821, illustrator.

Milton, Thomas, 1743?-1827, engraver.

Westall, Richard, 1765-1836, illustrator.

Whittingham, Charles, 1767-1840, printer.

Research Call Number

Pforz (Courtier, P. L. Lyre of love)

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