Front cover image for Bell's edition. The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill ..

Bell's edition. The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill ..

John Bell, Thomas Stothard (Illustrator), John Hamilton Mortimer (Illustrator)
Print Book, English, 1777-87
Printed for J. Bell, London, 1777-87
109 volumes portraits 13 cm
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v. 1-14. Geoff. Chaucer
v. 15-22. Edmund Spenser
v. 23-25. John Donne
v. 26-27. Edmund Waller
v. 28-31. John Milton
v. 32-34. Samuel Butler
v. 35. John Denham
v. 36-39. Abraham Cowley
v. 40-42. John Dryden
v. 43. Went. Dillon, earl of Roscommon
v. 44. John Sheffield, dukeof Buckingham
v. 45-46. William King
v. 47-49. Matthew Prior
v. 50. Geo. Granville, Lord Lansdowne
v. 51. John Pomfret
v. 52-55. Jonath. Swift.-v. 56. Will. Congreve
v. 57. Joseph Addison
v. 58. Nicholas Rowe
v. 59-65. Isaac Watts
v. 66. John Philips
v. 67-68. Tho. Parnell
v. 69. Sam. Garth
v. 70-71. John Hughes
v. 72. Elijah Fenton
v. 73. Thomas Tickell
v. 74-75. Will. Somerville
v. 76-79. Alexander Pope
v. 80-82. John Gay
v. 83. Will. Broome
v. 84-87. Edward Young
v. 88-89. Richard Savage
v. 90. Christ. Pitt
v. 91-92. James Thomson
v. 93. Ambrose Philips
v. 94. John Dyer
v. 95. Gilbert West
v. 96. Lord Lyttelton
v. 97, pt. 2. James Hammond. pt. 1. William Collins
v. 98. Edward Moore
v. 99-100. Will. Shenstone
v. 101. David Mallet
v. 102. pt. 1. J. Armstrong. pt. 2. Edmund Smith
v. 103. pt. 1. Thomas Gray. pt. 2. Richard West
v. 104-105. Mark Akenside
v. 106. Jo. Cunningham
v. 107-109. Cha. Churchill
Engraved t.p., with vignettes by Mortimer, Stothard, and others. Title varies v. 52-53 omit "Bell's edition"; v. 54 has title: British poets
Each volume has also special title pages, which often differ in date from the general engr. t.p. Many of the earlier ones (1777-79) read "Bell's 2d edition."
Volumes not dated consecutively