Complete Set of The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden

John Dryden. THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN, ESQ; CONTAINING ALL HIS ORIGINAL POEMS, TALES, AND TRANSLATIONS. 4vols. (complete). London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1760. Hardcover. Speckled calf with gilt stamped monogram, labels and gilt on spine, marbled endpapers. 8vo; xxxiv, [10], 387, [1], lxxxviii; [8], 480, lii; [4], 494; [4], 456. Vol. I with portrait frontispiece, occasional engraved ornament or illustration. ESTC T145665.
Each 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 in.
John Dryden (England, 1631-1700) is one of the most famous and celebrated poets and playwrights of the 17th century. He also worked as a literary critic, and he is well-known as a translator of Ovid, Homer, Virgil, and others.
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.
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Expected edgwear, scuffs, dry cracking, and discoloration to boards, spines with significant wear including losses to leather and cracking and rubbing at joints, vol. 1 with loose front board otherwise volumes still sturdy overall; bookplate of English solicitor George Bover on paste-down; cracking at hinges, scuffs and fading to marbled endpapers, pages lightly toned, minimal foxing, occasional small edge loss not impacting text; overall pages crisp and unmarked. A good and complete set of the work of this important writer.