Kikuchi Traditional
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Devonshire, Georgiana Cavendish. The Sylph; a Novel. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. London: Printed for T. Lowndes, No. 77, Fleet-Street, 1779.
Transcription:
THE|SYLPH;|A|NOVEL.|IN TWO VOLUMES.|"Ye Sylphs and Sylphids, to your chief give ear,|"Fays, Fairies, Genii, Elves, and Demons, hear!|"Ye know the spheres, and various tasks assign'd|"By laws eternal to th' aërial kind:|"Some in the fields of purest aether play,|"And bask, and whiten, in the blaze of day;|"Some guide the course of wand'ring orbs on high,|"Or roll the planets thro' the boundless sky:|"Our humbler province is to tend the Fair,|"Not a less pleasing, nor less glorious care."|POPE'S Rape of the Lock.|VOL. I.|[ornament]|LONDON:|PRINTED FOR T. LOWNDES,No.77,FLEET-STREET.|MDCCLXXIX.
Pagination:
Vol.1 258 pp. Vol.2 200 pp.
Format:
Duodecimo
Contents
Vol.1. A1r title, A2v blank, B1v-N3r text, N4v Just Published, N4r-N5v PLAYS printed for T. Lowndes, N5r Lately Published
Vol.2. A1r title, B1v-K4v text, K5r-L2v BOOKS printed for T. Lowndes, L2r-L3v PAMPHLETS printed for T. Lowndes, L3r-L5v PLAYS printed for T. Lowndes
Notes:
Sourced from Harvard University Houghton Library and accessed from Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO). Gale document number: CW114303565. Seal for Harvard College Library on A1v of Vol.I. Vol.1 ends with END OF VOL.1. and is followed by an advertisement for other books and plays printed for T. Lowndes. Vol.II ends with FINIS and is followed by an advertisement for other books, pamphlets, and plays printed for T. Lowndes.