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INTRODUCTION
JOHN DRYDEN, Poet Laureate and His-
toriographer Royal to King Charles II
and King James II, will ever hold high rank
among the great names in Enghsh Literature.
Few among his contemporaries possessed such
versatilitY of intellect, and none, except Mil-
ton, his wonderful powers of versification. Of
wide learning and correct literary judgment,
he also excelled as a critic, and possessed an
excellent prose style. Many of his prefaces
and introductions are justly admired for their
strong, vigorous English. His example did
much to form and settle the prose of his day
and pave the way for Steele and Addison in
the " Tatler " and " Spectator." Dr. Johnson
does not hesitate to write, " What was said of
Rome, adorned by Augustus, may be applied
by an easy metaphor to English poetry, em-
bellished by Dryden, * Lateritiam invenit,
M21221
marmoream reliquit * (he found it brick and
he left it marble)."
A distinguished critic of the present day,
Mr. Edmund Gosse, in his " Modem English
Literature," says: " Dryden's exuberant vi-
vacity, his solidity of judgment, his extraordi-
nary command of all the artifices of poetry,
pointed him out as a leader of men, and should
prepare us to find his influence the dominant
one in all verse-writing in England for a hun-
dred years after his death." It is to be re-
gretted that many of his plays reflect the low
standard of morals which unfortunately was
introduced into England with the restoration of
the monarchy. The fault, however, is more of
the time than of the man, and in his old age he
virtually admitted the justness of Jeremy Col-
lins' attack on the immorahty and profane-
ness of the English stage. But it is not on his
plays that Dryden's fame as a poet rests ; it is
rather on his achievement as a writer of satire,
in which he so far excelled as to merit the
distinction of being called " the greatest satirist
of British Poetry." He is, moreover, unrivaled
as a reasoner in verse. To quote Dr. Johnson
once more, " Though Davies had reasoned in
rhyme before him, it may be perhaps maintained
that he was the first who joined argument and
poetry." His two odes for St. CeciHa's Day,
especially the second, " Alexander's Feast," are
4
among the greatest in our literature, and many
of his lyrics and shorter occasional verses are
justly celebrated for the beauty of their
language and harmonious versification.
No bibliography of John Dryden has ever
been attempted, though considerable material
exists in Sir Walter Scott's editions of his
works, and still more in the excellent edition,
in one volume, edited by Mr. W. D. Christie
in 1870. The catalogue of the present ex-
hibition of the works of John Dryden does
not profess to be complete, except so far as to
record the first editions of his works published
during his lifetime, and, so far as was possible,
the volumes by other authors to which he con-
tributed. Of his original volumes of poetry, it
is believed all will be found in the present ex-
hibition, except the poem, " To My Lord Chan-
cellor," 1662. This the committee has been
unable to discover in the remarkably complete
collections belonging to members of the Gro-
lier Club. First editions of two of his plays
are also missing, "Secret Love," 1668, and
" The State of Innocence," 1676. To these
must be added " The Secular Masque," his
last work, contributed by him to "The Pil-
grim," when performed for his benefit shortly
before his death. The more important of his
translations will be found in the exhibition,
together with a considerable number of satires
5
and attacks upon him brought out in answer
to his pohtical satires.
It is to be regretted that Dryden lived at a
time when good printing was almost unknown
in England. His books are not attractive in
appearance, which may account for the fact
that few collectors have made much effort to
gather together complete sets of first editions.
As has been usual in similar exhibitions, the
more important engraved portraits have been
included. It is singular that, so far as known,
no engraved portrait of Dryden was pub-
lished during his lifetime.
The committee is exceedingly pleased to be
permitted to exhibit two portraits in oil — both
attributed to the celebrated court painter, Sir
Godfrey Kneller. They possess very great in-
terest^ and will no doubt be an attractive
feature in this commemoration of the two
hundredth anniversary of the death of " Glori-
ous John Dryden."
I. (J^rifiinal Wiom*
Three | Poems | Upon the Death of his
late I Highnesse | Oliver | Lord Protec-
tor I Of I England, Scotland, and | Ire-
land. I Written |
( M^ Edm. Waller,
By < M'' Jo. Dryden, London, |
( M^ Sprat, of Oxford. Printed by
William Wilfon, and are to be fold in
I Well-yard neer Little St. Bartholomew's
I Hofpitall, 1659.
Quarto. First edition.
One leaf without signature; B-F 2, in fours.
B I to C I (verso blank) are occupied by Dryden's
" Heroique Stanzas, Confecrated to the Glorious Mem-
ory of his moft Serene and Renowned Highnefle Oliver
Late Lord Protector of this Common* Wealth, &c.
WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
Written after the Celebration of his Funerall." This,
Dryden's third poem but his first important poetical
production, was written upon the death of Cromwell,
September 3, 1658. It was first published about the
beginning of 1659, either in the present form or sepa-
rately (see the following number). W. D. Christie,
the editor of the best modern edition of Dryden's poeti-
cal works (London, 1870), thinks that the separate
edition was the later of the two. " This edition," he
says, " was probably revised by Dryden and may be
presumed to be later than the other, as the spelling is
more modern. There is no difference between the two,
except of spelling and punctuation." In 1682 the
** Three Poems " edition of 1659 was reprinted, with-
out variation, save that " late Usurper " was substi-
tuted in the title for " late Highnesse," etc. This re-
print, which was inspired by one of Dryden's political
enemies, was followed in the same year by a reprint of
the separate form of the " Heroique Stanzas," with this
title :
An I Elegy | On The | Usurper O. C. | By The | Au-
thor I Of I Absalom and Achitophel. | Publifhed to
fhew the Loyalty and Integrity of the Poet. | Reprinted
in the Year MDCLXXXII.
Another reprint of the separate form, the title again
varying, appeared in 1687 (see No. 4). The " Three
Poems " were also reprinted in 1689 in ** Poems on
Affairs of State " (see No. 5).
A I Poem I upon the | Death | of | His
Late Highnefs, | Oliver, | Lord Protector
of I England, Scotland, & Ireland | Writ-
ten by Mr. Dryden, | London, | Printed
for William Wilfon ; and are to be fold
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
in I Well- Yard, near Little St. Bartholo-
mew's I Hofpital, 1659.
Quarto.
A, four leaves; B, two leaves.
See note to No. I.
3. Three | Poems | Upon the Death of the
Late I Usurper | Oliver Cromv^el. Writ-
ten I
SMr. Jo. Drydon.
Mr. Sprat, of Oxford. London : |
Mr. Edm. Waller. Printed by
William Wilfon, in the Year, 1659. And
Reprinted for R. Baldwin, 1682.
Quarto. Unauthorized edition.
A, three leaves ; B — D, in fours.
See note to No. i.
4. A I Poem I Upon the Death of the Late
I Usurper, | Oliver Cromwel. | By the
Author of The H d and the P r.
I London, | Printed for S. H., and to be
Sold by I the Bookfellers of London and
I Weftminfter. 1687.
Quarto. Unauthorized edition.
A, four leaves.
See note to No. i.
WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
5. A I Collection | Of | Poems | On | Af-
fairs of State ; | Viz. |
Advice to a Painter.
Hodge's Vifion.
Britain and Raleigh.
Statue at Stocks — M .
Young Statefman.
To the K .
Noftradamus Prophecy.
Sir Edmondbury Godfrey's Ghoft.
On the King's Voyage to Chattam.
Poems on OHver, by Mr. Driden, Mr.
Sprat, and Mr. Waller.
By I A M 1 Efq. ; and other
Eminent Wits. | Moft Whereof never be-
fore Printed. | London, | Printed in the
year, MDCLXXXIX.
Quarto. First Edition.
A and B, four leaves each; D — F2, in fours.
A " Second Part of the Collection of Poems on Affairs
of State," London, 1689, with twenty-one pieces, ac-
companies the first part in the present copy. This
" Second Part" has new signatures and pagination
A — D, in fours.
6. Aftraea Redux. | A | Poem | On the
Happy I Reftoration & Return | Of His
Sacred Majefty | Charles the Second. |
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
By John Driden. | Jam Redit & Virgo,
Redeunt Saturnia Regna. Virgil. | Lon-
don, I Printed by J. M. for Henry Her-
ringman, and are to be fold at | his Shop,
at the Blew- Anchor, in the lower Walk
of the New- | Exchange, 1660.
Folio. First edition.
One leaf without signature; B — D in twos.
" * Astraea Redux ' and the two poems which follow
["To his sacred Majesty" and "To my Lord Chan-
cellor'*], addressed to King Charles II. on his Corona-
tion and to the "Lord Chancellor Clarendon on New
Year's Day, 1662, were successively published in folio
by Henry Herringman. Dryden's name is printed
* Driden ' on the title pages of two of them. All these
poems were reprinted in 1688 in quarto, with a new
edition of 'Annus Mirabilis.'" — Christie,
To His Sacred | Majesty, | A | Panegy-
rick I On His | Coronation. | By John
Dryden. | London, | Printed for Henry
Herringman, at the Anchor on the Lower
walk in the | New Exchange. 1661.
Folio. First edition.
A and B, two leaves each.
To I My Lord | Chancellor, | Prefented
on I New- Years-day, | By J. Driden. |
London, | Printed for Henry Herringman
II
WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
at the I Anchor in the Lower- walk in the
New I Exchange. 1662.
Folio. First edition.
A, four leaves.
Annus Mirabilis : | The Year of | Won-
ders, I 1666. I An Historical | Poem: |
Containing | The Progrefs and various
Succeffes of our Naval | War with Hol-
land, under the Conduct of His | High-
nefs, Prince Rupert, and His Grace the |
Duke of Albemarl. | And defcribing |
The Fire | Of | London. | By John Dry-
den, Efq ; I Multum intereft res pofcat, an
homines latius imperare velint. | Trajan.
Imperator. ad Plin. | Urbs antiqua ruit,
multos dominataperannos. Virg. | Lon-
don, Printed for Henry Herringman, at
the An- | chor in the Lower Walk of the
New Exchange. 1667.
Octavo. First edition.
A, eight leaves; a, four leaves; B — F 7, in
eights.
From May, 1665, till the close of 1666, London
was made desolate by the plague and the Great Fire.
The theatres were closed, and Dryden retired to Charl-
ton, in Wiltshire, a seat of Lord Berkshire, his father-
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
in-law. There he wrote the "Annus Mirabilis" and
the "Essay on Dramatick Poesy."
" * Annus Mirabilis ' added considerably to Dryden's
fame. It was the longest and most elaborate poem he
had yet produced. In this poem he returned to the
quatrain stanzas which he had used in his poem in
praise of Cromwell, and to the ear of the poetry-read-
ing public was familiarized by the *Gondibert* of
Davenant. The Dutch War and the deeds of the Eng-
lish navy were subjects of thrilling interest at the mo-
ment ; his description of the Fire of London contains
some fine poetry. . . The poem was reprinted in quarto
in 1688, with several changes in the text, which are al-
most all deteriorations ; and the text of 1688 was fol-
lowed in the next reprint of the poem, in the edition
of the * Miscellany Poems' of 1716. In subsequent
editions other errors have been added." — Christie,
Of I Dramatick Poefie, | An | Essay. | By
John Dryden Efq; | Fungar vice
cotis, acutum | Reddere quae ferrum
valet, exors ipfa fecandi. | Horat. De
Arte Poet. | London, | Printed for Henry
Herringman, at the Sign of the | Anchor,
on the Lower-walk of the New- | Ex-
change. 1668.
Quarto. First edition.
A — K, in fours.
" His * Dramatic Poesy* led to a controversy with
Dryden's brother-in-law, Sir Robert Howard. The
subject of dispute was the comparative merit of rhyme
and blank verse in tragedies. Howard, though he had
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
written rhymed heroic plays, tartly criticised Dryden's
doctrine in the Preface to his play of * The Duke of
Lerma,' 1668; and Dryden sharply rejoined in * A De-
fence of the Essay of Dramatic Poesy,' prefixed to a
second edition of* The Indian Emperor,' [1668]. The
quarrel . . . has probably been much exaggerated.
There is incontrovertible proof in Dryden's letters of
the last years of his life that he and Howard were on
terms of intimacy and affection." — Christie.
II. Absalom | And | Achitophel. | A | Poem.
— Si Propius ftes | Te Capiet Magis —
I London, | Printed for J. T. and are to
be Sold by W. Davis in | Amen- Corner,
1681.
Folio. First Edition.
Two leaves without signature, B — I, in twos.
The success of this poetic attack on Shaftesbury was
unprecedented, and, as Leslie Stephen has said, it is
still the first satire in the English language for mascu-
line insight and for vigor of expression. It was ans wered
in a parody called " Towser the Second," said to be by
Henry Clare, while the Duke of Buckingham retorted
in " Poetical Reflections," Samuel Pordage in " Azaria
and Hushai" (see No. 108), and Elkanah Settle in
"Absalom Senior, or Achitophel Transposed."
" The first edition was in folio, published by Jacob
Tonson [about November 17, 1681, according to a note
in Narcissus Luttrell's copy]. A second edition ap-
peared before the end of December. This second edi-
tion contained, with several minor changes, two notable
additions, one in the description of Shaftesbury (lines
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
180-191), giving him praise as a judge, and the other in
the King's Speech (lines 957-960), expressing a desire
that Monmouth would repent and open the way for
pardon. Seven more editions were published during
Shaftesbury's lifetime. ... It has been stated by
Tonson that the poem was undertaken in 1680, at the
request of the King." — Christie.
12. Another copy of the same edition, in
which a contemporary reader has added
in manuscript, on page 7, the Hnes Dryden
inserted in the second edition. Before
the title-page is inserted a leaf in the same
handwriting, containing the complimen-
tary addresses by Lee and Duke, first
published in the second edition of the
poem.
13. The Medall, | A Satyre | Against | Se-
dition. I By the Authour of Abfalom and
Achitophel | Per Graium populos, medi-
aeque per Elidus Urbem | Ibat ovans; Di-
vumque fibi pofcebat Honores. | Lon-
don, I Printed for Jacob Tonfon at the
Judge's Head in | Chancery - lane, near
Fleet- ftreet. 1682.
Quarto. First edition.
A, four leaves ; a, two leaves; B — D 2, in fours.
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
" The rejection by the London grand jury, on Novem-
ber 24, 1 68 1, of the bill of high treason presented
against Lord Shaftesbury was celebrated by a medal,
having on one side a portrait of Shaftesbury and on
the other a sketch of London. Dryden's satire on it
was published in the beginning of March, 1682, within
four months after the first publication of 'Absalom
and Achitophel.' A second edition appeared in 1683,
and a third was published in 1692. Like ' Absalom
and Achitophel,' it was published anonymously, and Dry-
den's name did not appear on the title-page of any
edition of either poem in his lifetime." — Christie.
Dryden's satire called forth several answers, among
which are "Satire to his Muse " (see No. no), and
the "Medal of John Bayes," by Thomas Shadwell
(see No. 109). ShadwelFs attack was answered by
Dryden in " Mac Flecknoe." Pope used " The Medal "
as model when he wrote his " Dunciad."
14. Mac Flecknoe, | OrA | Satyr | Upon the
I True — Blew — Protestant | Poet, T. S. |
By the Author of | Absalom & Achitophel
I London, | Printed for D. Green, 1682.
Quarto. First edition.
A, four leaves; B, three leaves.
" * Mac Flecknoe ' was published in October, 1682.
It was published anonymously, but Dryden spoke of
the poem as his own in his * Essay on Satire,' 1692, and
* Mac Flecknoe ' is printed at the beginning of the
volume of Miscellanies edited by Dryden in 1684. The
publication in this volume was the second edition of the
poem; a third edition, a reprint of that of 1684, ap-
peared in 1692. The first edition contained many
misprints .... The text, as altered in 1684, is Dry-
den's authorized text." — Christie.
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
By Mac Flecknoe Dryden meant "poetical son of
Flecknoe " — Richard Flecknoe, a dull poet, then de-
ceased, and of use, therefore, for the purpose of satire.
There is no evidence that Flecknoe ever offended Dry-
den. His " Epigrams," 1670 (see No. 103), contain
some lines addressed to Dryden of a most complimen-
tary character.
The I Second | Part | of | Absalom |
and I Achitophel. | A | Poem. | — Si
Quis tamen Haec quoque, Si Quis | Cap-
tus Amore Leget — | London: [Printed
for Jacob Tonfon, at the Judges Head in |
Chancery-Lane, near Fleet-Street. 1682.
Folio. First edition.
One leaf without signature. B — Ki, in twos.
There were two issues of the above work this year,
so similar in all respects as to be easily confounded
with each other except on a close examination. The
easiest method of identification is on the title where the
word " Fleet-Street " in the imprint as given above is
printed " Fleetstreet " in the other issue; changes in
certain letters of the text of the work, especially in the
use of the double "V" for the "W,'' indicate that it
was partially if not wholly reprinted. There is no evi-
dence as to which is the earlier of the two issues.
The larger part of this poem was written by Tate,
Dryden contributing about two hundred lines begin-
ning on p. ID, " Next these a Troop of buify Spirits
prefs " and ending on p. 16, "To talk like Doeg, and
to Write like Thee." It was published in October,
1682, and marks the closing on Dryden's part of the
controversy with Shadwell, Settle and others.
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
1 6. Religio Laici | Or A | Laymans Faith. |
A I Poem. I Written by Mr. Dryden. |
Ornari res ipfa negat ; contenta doceri. |
London, | Printed for Jacob Tonfon at
the Judge's Head in | Chancery-lane,
near Fleet-ftreet. 1682.
Quarto. First Edition.
One leaf, without signature; a, three leaves;
b and (c), two leaves each, B — E2, in fours.
"A mistake has arisen about the person to whom
this poem was addressed. Derrick has said it was
Richard Hampden. It was a young gentleman of the
name of Henry Dickinson. The poem was quickly re-
printed in 1682, and a third edition appeared in 1683;
and the poem was not again reprinted till it appeared
in Tonson's folio edition of Dryden's poems, 1701.'*
Christie,
17. The I Vindication: | Or The | Parallel |
Of The I French Holy-League, | And
The I Englifh League and Covenant, |
Turned into a Seditious Libell againft the |
King and his Royal Highness, | By |
Thomas Hunt and the Authors of the Re-
flections upon I the Pretended Parallel in
the Play called | The Duke of Guise. I
Written by Mr. Dryden. | Turno tempus
erit magno cum, optaverit emptum | In-
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tacum Pallanta : 8i cum fpolia ifta, diemg ; |
Oderit — | London, | Printed for Jacob
Tonfon at the Judges Head in Chancery-
Lane, I near Fleetftreet, MDCLXXXIIL
Quarto. First Edition.
Two leaves, without signature, the first blank ;
A — H 2, in fours.
Dryden, in co-operation with Nathaniel Lee, had writ-
ten a play called " The Duke of Guise," which gave rise
to the story that he had intended a parallel to the con-
test of the court against Shaftesbury and Monmouth.
The present work is in answer to that charge.
Threnodia Avgustalis: A | Funeral-
Pindarique | Poem | Sacred to the Happy-
Memory I Of I King Charles H. | By
John Dryden, | Servant to His late Maj-
esty, and to the | Prefent King. | Fortu-
nati Ambo, fi quid mea Carmina poffunt,
I Nulla dies unquam memori vos eximet
aevo ! | London, Printed for Jacob Tonfon,
at the Judge's Head | in Chancery -lane,
near Fleet-ftreet, 1685.
Quarto. First edition.
A — D2, in fours.
'* Charles II. died on February 6, 1685. This poem
was published about a month later. ... A second
edition appeared in 1685. I'here were some changes
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
of the text, which are mostly improvements. . . . The
poem was next reprinted in the folio volume of Dry-
den's poems, 1 701." — Christie.
19. The I Hind | and the | Panther. | A |
Poem, I In Three Parts. | — Antiquam
exquirite matrem. | Et vera, inceffu, patuit
Dea. — Virg. | London, | Printed for Ja-
cob Tonfon, at the Judges Head in |
Chancery Lane near Fleetftreet, 1687.
Quarto. First Edition.
Four leaves without signatures ; B — S, in
fours ; T, five leaves.
James II succeeded to the throne February 6, 1665,
and within a year after his accession Dryden became a
Roman Catholic. Then he wrote " The Hind and the
Panther," a defence of his new religion in verse. It
was published in April, 1 68 7. Charles Montagu, the
future Earl of Halifax, and Matthew Prior, replied to
it in a parody called "The Hind and the Panther
Transversed." (See No. 113).
A variation of the above issue has the last leaf re-
printed, containing at the bottom of the recto an errata
of a little over two Hnes and on the verso a list of
" Books printed for Jacob Tonfon at the Judges Head
in Chancery-Lane, near Fleet-flreet." Some copies of
this latter issue have inserted a slip of errata occupying
four lines, which was intended to be pasted over the
list as originally printed. The corrections of the first
list are included in the second.
In both variations the leaves (with the exception of
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
the last) are identical, and the errors contained in the
first are uncorrected, although it has no errata. At least
three editions were published during the year 1687.
Another copy of the same edition, with-
out the errata on the recto of the last leaf
or the advertisement on the verso.
Another copy of the same edition, with
the last leaf reprinted and containing
three lines of errata on the recto of the
last leaf and advertisement of books for
sale on the verso. This copy also con-
tains a corrected slip of errata which was
intended to be pasted over the one origi-
nally printed.
Britannia Rediviva: | A | Poem | On
the I Birth | of the | Prince. | Written by
Mr. Dryden. | Dii Patrii Indigetes, &
Romule, Veftaque Mater, | Quae Tufcum
Tiberim, & Romana Palatia fervas, |
Hunc faltem everfo Puerum fuccurrere
faeclo I Ne prohibite : fatis jampridem
fanguine noftro | Laomedonteae luimus
Perjuria Trojae | Virg. Georg. i. | Lon-
don, I Printed for J. Tonfon, at the
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Judges-Head in Chancery- | Lane, near
Fleet- ftreet 1688.
Quarto.
A — C3, in fours.
On the verso of the title is: "June the 19th, 1688.
Let this be printed. Middleton." The birth of a son
to James II on June 10, 1688, and on Trinity Sunday,
is celebrated in this poem.
23. Another issue of the same edition, with
the same title, but printed in folio and
consisting of one leaf without signature ;
B — Ei in twos.
Of the two editions of this poem, this
and the one last described, there is nothing
to distinguish which is the earlier. This,
in foHo, and the edition published at
*' Holy-Rood-House" described in the
following number, seem to have escaped
the notice of bibliographers.
24. Another issue of the same edition, the
title reading the same down to the im-
print, which is as follows : " Holy- Rood-
House, I Re-printed by Mr. P. B. Engi-
nier. Printer to the Kng*s | Moft Excel-
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lent Majefty, for His Houlhold, Chap-
pel I and Colledge. 1688.
Quarto.
A and B, two leaves each.
On the verso of title is : "June 19, 1688. Let this
be Printed. Middleton."
Annus Mirabilis. | The Year of | Won-
ders, I M. DC. LXVL I An | Hiftorical
Poem. I Also | A Poem on the Happy
Restoration and Return of | His Late
Sacred Majesty | Charles the Second. |
Likewise | A Panegyrick on His Corona-
tion. I Together | With a Poem to My
Lord Chancellor | Prefented on New-
Years-Day. 1662. I By John Dryden,
Efq; I London, Printed for Henry Her-
ringman, and fold by | Jacob Tonfon
at the Judges-Head in Chancery-Lane.
1688.
Quarto. First edition.
A, four leaves; ^*^, four leaves; ttt, two
leaves ; B — Q 2, in fours.
This is the first collected edition of Dryden's poems.
His early poem on the death of Cromwell is omitted
for reasons readily understood. It is probable that the
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four poems included in this volume were out of print
when it was determined to reissue them in the present
form. In order to make it a complete edition of Dry-
den's poems, unsold copies of his other productions
were often bound up with the present collection, such as
"Absalom and Achitophel," 4th edition, 1682; "Thre-
nodia Augustalis," 2d edition, 1685; "The Hind and
the Panther," 3d edition, 1687.
26. The I Address | Of | John Dryden, |
Laureat | To | His Highness | The |
Prince of Orange, | London, | Printed,
and are to be Sold by Randal Taylor, |
near Stationers-Hall. 1689.
Folio. First edition.
A and B, two leaves each.
27. Eleonora: | A Panegyrical | Poem: |
Dedicated to the | Memory | Of the Late
I Countess | Of Abingdon. | Written by
Mr. Dryden. | — Superas evadere ad
auras, | Hoc opus, hie labor eft. Pauci,
quos aequus amavit | Juppiter, aut ar-
denas evexit ad aethera virtus; | Diis
geniti potuere. Virgil ^neid. L 6. |
London : | Printed for Jacob Tonfon, at
the Judges Head in Chancery-| Lane,
near Fleetftreet. 1692. | Where com-
pleat Sets of Mr. Dryden's Works are
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^ Quarto. First edition.
t, four leaves ; A — C, in fours.
WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
Sold : The Plays being put | in the order
they were Written.
" Eleonora, Countess of Abingdon, daughter of Sir
Henry Lee, baronet, of Ditchley, in Oxfordshire, died
May 31, 1 691, in her thirty-third year. Her death was
very sudden; it happened in the ball-room of her
house. This poem was a task undertaken by Dryden
for a handsome pecuniary reward. He says in the
prefatory address to Lord Abingdon that he had never
seen the lady, and was not acquainted with him. Un-
der these circumstances, it is not strange that the poem
wants vigor and animation ; it is, perhaps, the least
successful of Dryden's poems." — Christie,
Alexander's Feaft ; | Or The | Power |
Of I Musique. | An | Ode, | In Honour
of I St. Cecilia's Day. | By Mr. Dryden. |
London, | Printed for Jacob Tonfon at
the Judge's Head near the | Inner-Tem-
ple-Gate, in Fleetflreet. 1697.
Folio. First edition.
One leaf without signature; B and C, two
leaves each.
" Very soon after the publication of the translation of
Virgil, Dryden was requested to furnish an Ode for the
festival of St. Cecilia of 1697. He complied with the
request, and this great Ode was the result. He is said
to have been paid forty pounds for it." — Christie,
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
29. Fables | Ancient and Modern ; | Tranfla-
ted into Verse, | From | Homer, Ovid, |
Boccace, & Chaucer : | with | Original
Poems. I By Mr. Dryden. | Nunc ultro
ad Cineres ipfius & offa parentis | (Haud
equidem fine mente, reor, fine numine
divum) I Adfiimus. Virg. JEn. lib. 5. |
London : | Printed for Jacob Tonfon,
within Gray*s Inn Gate next | Gray's
Inn Lane. MDCC.
Folio. First edition.
Two leaves without signature; B and C, two
leaves each; *A — * D, in twos; one leaf
without signature; A, four leaves; a, two
leaves; B — L, and Aa — Mm, in fours; Aaa
— Zzz, in fours ; Aaaa and Bbbb, four leaves
each; Cccc, two leaves; Dddd — Nnnn, in
fours ; Oooo, two leaves.
" Dryden's imitations, or, as he himself calls them,
translations of Chaucer and Boccacio, were made in
1698 and 1699, and published in March, 1700. The
original poems in this volume were the Epistle to his
cousin, John Driden, * Alexander's Feast,' and the
Epitaph on Mrs. Mary Frampton. It is known that
the price paid to Dryden by Ton son in all for this folio
volume was £300: two hundred and fifty guineas were
paid at the time of the contract, March, 1699, and the
remainder, due on the printing of a second edition,
was paid in June, 1713, for the benefit of Dryden's
widow, then out of her mind, to Lady Sylvius, her
niece. Additional profit accrued to Dryden from pres-
ents from his cousin in return for the Epistle, and from
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the Duke and Duchess of Ormond in return for the
dedication of the volume to the former and the beauti-
ful address to the latter prefixed to * Palamon and
Arcite.* Dryden's tales from Chaucer and Boccacio
have been, perhaps, the most popular of his w^ritings ;
and there have been innumerable editions. His power
of versification is seen in perfection in these composi-
tions of his latest years." — Christie,
The I Fables | Of | John Dryden, |
Ornamented With | Engravings | From
The Pencil Of | The Right Hon. | Lady
Diana Beauclerc. | London. | Printed by
T. Bensley, | For J. Edwards, N*^ ^^,
And E. Harding, N« 98, Pall Mall. |
MDCCXCVn.
Folio.
The I Works | Of | John Dryden, | Now
First Collected | In Eighteen Volumes. |
Illustrated | With Notes, | Historical,
Critical, and Explanatory, | And | A Life
Of The Author, | By | Walter Scott,
Esq. I Vol. I. [Vols. II.-XVIII]. | Lon-
don : I Printed For William Miller, Albe-
marble Street, | By James Ballantyne
and Co. Edinburgh. | 1808.
Octavo. Edited by Sir Walter Scott.
On Large Paper.
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
32. The I Poetical Works Of | John Dryden |
Volume I [Volumes II-IV] [motto]
London | William Pickering | 1843.
The I Poetical Works Of | John Dryden |
Volume V | [motto] London | William
Pickering | 1844.
Duodecimo. Portrait in Volume V.
Issued in the Aldine Edition of the British Poets.
33. The Globe Edition | The Poetical Works |
of I John Dryden | edited with a memoir,
revised text, and notes | By | W. D.
Christie, M. A. | Of Trinity College,
Cambridge | [portrait] London: | Mac-
millan and Co. | 1870.
1 2 mo.
William Dougal Christie, (1816-1874) diplomatist
and man of letters, who gave much of his time to the
history and literature of the Seventeenth Century, is
now best known for his biography of Shaftesbury and
the present edition of Dryden's poems. Though he
excluded the plays and translations from Roman and
Greek poets, he collected in this volume all of Dry-
den's prologues and epilogues and his versions from
Chaucer and Boccaccio, in addition to the poems, his-
torical, political, controversial, and occasional. He is
Dryden's best editor.
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
The I Works | of | John Dryden | illus-
trated I With Notes, | Historical, Critical,
And Explanatory, | and | A Life Of The
Author, I by | Sir Walter Scott, Bart. |
Revised And Corrected | by | George
Saintsbury. | Vol. i. [vols. II.-XVIII |
Edinburgh : | Printed for William Pater-
son, Princes Street, | By T. And A. Con-
stable, Printers To Her Majesty. | 1882.
Octavo.
This revised and most carefully edited re-issue of
Scott's edition of Dryden's works was published in
1882-93. The copy shown is one of lOO copies on
Large Paper.
II. l^lan.
The I Rival | Ladies. | a | Tragi- Com-
edy. I As it was Acted at the Theater- |
Royal. I Nos haec Novimus effe ni-
hil I [device]. London, | Printed by W.
W. for Henry Herringman, and are to |
be Sold at his Shop in the Lower- walk in
the New- | Exchange. 1664.
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
Quarto. First Edition.
A, four leaves; a, two leaves; B — K 2, in
fours.
This wasDryden's second play. It was acted during
the winter of 1663-64 and was well received. In the
dedication Dryden defended his use of rhymed verse in
the play. Sir Robert Howard, his brother-in-law, soon
replied to him, and thus began the controversy that
produced Dryden's " Essay of Dramatic Poetry."
36. The I Indian-Queen, | A | Tragedy. |
[motto] London, | Printed for H. Her-
ringman, at the Blew-Anchor | in the
Lower Walk of the New-Exchange |
1665.
Folio. First Edition.
This tragedy, in the writing of which Dryden assisted
Sir Robert Howard, is the third play in the volume en-
titled " Four New Plays . . . Written by the Honour-
able Sir Robert Howard," London, 1665. It occupies
pages 137-176 and the collation is as follows : T — Z, in
fours. " The Indian Queen " was first acted in 1664.
37. The I Indian Emperour, | Or, | The Con-
quest Of I Mexico I By the | Spaniards. |
Being the Sequel of the Indian Queen. |
By John Dryden, Efq; | Dum relego
fcripiiffe pudet, quia plurima cerno | Me
quoque, qui feci, judice,dignaHni. Ovid. |
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
London, | Printed by J. M. for H. Her-
ringman at the Sign of the Blew Anchor
I in the Lower walk of the New Ex-
change. 1667.
Quarto. First Edition.
A — K 3, in fours.
" The Indian Emperor " was produced at the Theatre
Royal in the early part of 1 665 with great success.
Howard's '* Indian Queen " had dealt with the subject
of Montezuma acquiring the throne of Mexico. Dry-
den pictured in " The Indian Emperor " the conquest
of Mexico and dethronement of Montezuma by the
Spaniards, and the fine scenery and dresses of "The
Indian Queen " reappeared. In the Prologue Dryden
said:
" The scenes are old, the habits are the same
We wore last year, before the Spaniards came.'*
S^ Martin Mar-all, | Or The | Feigned In-
nocence: | A | Comedy. | As it was
Acted at | His Highnesse the Duke of
York's Theatre, [device] London, | Printed
for H. Herringman, at the Sign of the
Blew Anchor in the | Lower Walk of the
New Exchange. 1668.
Quarto. First edition.
Two leaves without signature; B — K, in
fours.
31
WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
Adapted from Moliere's *' Etourdi," and owing much
to Quinault's "Amant Indiscret," Fare's ** Francion,"
and Marmion's "Antiquary." It was first produced
August 1 6, 1667, and seems to have been originally
called " The Feigned Innocence ; or, Sir Martin Mar-
all."
39. The I Wild Gallant: | A | Comedy. | As
if was Acted at the | Theatre- Royal, | By
His I Majesties | Servants. | Written By
John Dryden, Esq; | In the Savoy. |
Printed by Tho. Newcomb, for H. Her-
ringman, at the | Blew- Anchor, in the
Lower- Walk of the | New Exchange.
1669.
Quarto. First edition.
A — K, in fours.
This play, Dryden 's first dramatic attempt, was
brought out in February, 1663, by the Kings Com-
pany, who were then acting in Vere Street, Lincoln's
Inn Fields. It had no success, though when revived
in March, 1667, when its author was better known, it
was very well received. In the Preface Dryden says :
" It was the first attempt I made in Dramatique Poetry
. . . . The Plot was not Originally my own : but
so alter'd, by me . . . . that, whoever the Author
was, he could not have challenged a Scene of it." The
comedy was much altered when revived, and had a
new Prologue and Epilogue,
40. The I Tempest, | Or The | Enchanted
Ifland. I A | Comedy. | As it is now
32
WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
Acted at his Highnefs the Duke of
York's I Theatre. | London, | Printed by
J. M. for Henry Herringman at the
Blew I Anchor in the Lower- walk of the
New-Exchange. | MDCLXX.
Quarto. First edition.
A — M2, in fours.
First produced November 7, 1667. The plan of this
alteration of Shakespeare's play appears to have been
Sir William Davenant's, while the writing was largely
Dryden's. From the Prologue, with its noble tribute
to Shakespeare's genius, we take the familiar lines :
" But Shakespeare's Magick could not copy'd be,
Within that Circle none durft walk but he."
Tyrannick Love, | Or The | Royal
Martyr. | A | Tragedy. | As it is Acted
by his Majefties Servants, at the | Theatre
Royal. I By | John Dryden, Servant to
his I Majesty. | Non jam prima peto
neq ; vincere certo ; | Extremum
rediiffe pudet. Virg. | London, |
Printed for H. Herringman, at the Sign
of the Blew Anchor in the | Lower Walk
of the New Exchange. 1670.
Quarto. First edition.
A, three leaves; a, two leaves; B — K2, in
fours.
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
"Tyrannic Love" was produced in the Spring of
1669. In the Preface Dryden says it was contrived and
written in seven weeks.
42. An I Evening's Love, | Or The | Mock-
Aftrologer. | Acted at the Theatre-
Royal I By His I Majesties Servants. |
Written By | John Dryden | Servant to
His Majesty. | Mallem Convivis quam
plaeuiffe Cocis. Mart. | In the Savoy, |
Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman,
and are | to be fold at the Anchor in the
Lower | Walk of the New Exchange,
1671.
Quarto. First edition.
A — O2, in fours.
Founded on " Le Feint Astrologue," by the younger
Corneille, who had imitated Calderon's " El Astrologo
Fingido." First produced June 19, 1668.
43. The Conqueft | of | Granada | By the
Spaniards : | In Two Parts. | Acted at the
Theater- Roy all. | Written by John Dry-
den Servant | to His Majefty. | — Major
rerum milhi nafcitur Ordo ; | Majus Opus
moveo. Virg : iEneid : 7. | In the Savoy, |
Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman,
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
and are to | be fold at the Anchor in the
Lower Walk | of the New Exchange.
1672. I Almanzor and Almahide, | Or,
The I Conquest | of | Granada. | The Sec-
ond Part. I As it is acted at the | Theatre-
Royal. I Written by John Dryden Ser-
vant I tohisMajefty. | Stimulos dedit
aemula virtus. | Lucan. | In the Savoy, |
Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman,
and are to be fold at the Anchor in the
Lower Walk | of the New Exchange.
1672.
Quarto. First edition.
*, four leaves; a and b, four leaves each; A
and B, four leaves each; C i, followed by C
2 and 3 apparently reprinted as c i and 2, and
by C 4; D — I, in fours; two leaves without
signature ; K — Y, in fours.
This tragedy, in two parts, each part being a sep-
arate play, was Dryden 's contribution to the King's
Theatre in 1669 and 1670, Nell Gwyn having a promi-
nent r61e in both plays. To " The Conquest of Gra-
nada" he prefixed an essay on heroic plays, and an-
nexed to the publication an essay on the dramatic poets
of the last age, being a defence of his Epilogue to the
Second Part.
44. Marriage | A -la -Mode. | A | Comedy. |
As it is Acted at the | Theatre - Royal. |
3S
WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
Written by John Dryden, Servant | to His
Majefty. | Quic quid fum ego, qua-
mvis I Infra Lucilli censum ingeniumque,
tamen me | Cum magnis vixiffe, invita,
fatebitur ufque | Invidia, &fragiliquaerens
illidere dentem | Offendet folido. | Horat.
Serm. | London, | Printed by T. N. for
Henry Herringman, and are to be | fold
at the Anchor in the Lower Walk of | the
New Exchange, 1673.
Quarto. First edition.
A, four leaves; a, two leaves; B — M 3, in
fours. (A 2 is misprinted B 2.)
First played in 1672. The Prologue and Epilogue
were printed the same year in " Covent Garden Drol-
lery" (see No. 71).
45. The I Assignation: | Or, | Love in a Nun-
nery. I As it is Acted, | At the Theatre-
Royal. I Written by John Dryden Ser-
vant I to His Majesty. | Succeffum dea
dira negat | Virg. | London : |
Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman,
and are to be fold | at the Anchor in the
Lower Walk of the New Exchange. 1 673.
Quarto. First edition.
A, four leaves ; two leaves without signatures ;
B — L 2, in fours.
Unsuccessfully produced in 1672.
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
46. Amboyna: | A | Tragedy. | As it is
Acted I at the Theatre- Royal, | Written
by John Dryden Servant | to His Ma-
jefty. I — Manet alta mente repoftum. |
London : | Printed by T. N. for Henry
Herringman, and are to | be fold at the
Anchor in the Lower Walk | of the New
Exchange. 1673.
Quarto. First Edition.
A, four leaves; a, two leaves; B — Ki, in
fours.
" In 1673 Dryden produced the tragedy of * Amboyna,
or the Cruelties of the Dutch to the English Merchants,'
a very inferior piece, hastily written for the occasion of
the Dutch War, and designed to gratify and inflame the
national animosity against the Dutch. There has been
a general mistake among Dryden's editors and biog-
raphers of representing the Prologue and Epilogue to
this play as principally made from a * Satire against the
Dutch,' alleged to have been composed by Dryden in
1662. The fact is that the alleged Satire was made up
from the Prologue and Epilogue to this play of 1673,
by the publisher of the * State Poems,' and first pub-
lished by him in 1704, with the invention of its having
been written in 1662. The style and tone of the Pro-
logue and Epilogue are execrable." — Christie,
. The I Mall: | Or The | Modifh Lovers. |
A I Comedy. | Acted by His Majefties
Servants. | Inceptis nulla Poteftas. | Lon-
don, I Printed for William Cademan, at
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the Pope's-head in the low- | er Walk ol
the New Exchange in the Strand. 1674.
Quarto. First edition.
A — K, in fours (title on A2).
In September, 1668, a translation from the French,
by Dryden, called " Ladies a la Mode," was produced
at the King's Theatre, but failed the first night and was
never repeated. Outside of Pepys's notice of its failure,
nothing is known of this comedy ; but Edmund Gosse
thinks it identical with "The Mall." The dedication
of "The Mall" ("To William Whitcomb, Junior,
Efq.") is signed "J. D."
48. The I Miftaken Husband. | A Comedie, |
As it is Acted by | His Majesties Ser-
vants I At the I Theatre-Royall. | By a
Perfon of Quality. Haec placuit
femel [Hor.] | London, | Printed
for J. Magnes and R. Bentley | in Ruffel-
ftreet in Coven- Garden near | the Pi-
azza's, Anno Domini, MDCLXXV.
Quarto. First Edition.
Four leaves without signature, B — K, in fours.
Founded on the " Amphytrion " of Plautus. Dryden
revised the version made by the "Person of Quality,"
whose name is not known, and added one scene, the
Prologue and Epilogue.
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
Aureng-zebe : | A | Tragedy. | Acted at
the I Royal-Theatre. | Written by | John
Dryden, | Servant to his Majesty. | —
Sed, cum fregit fubfellia verfu, | Efurit,
intactam Paridi nifi vendat Agaven.
Juv. I Licenfed, Roger UEstrange. |
London, | Printed by T. N. for Henry
Herringman, at the Anchor in | the Lower
Walk of the New Exchange. 1676.
Quarto. First edition.
A, four leaves ; a, two leaves ; B — M, in fours.
"Aurengzebe," produced in 1675, was the last of
Dryden's rhymed heroic tragedies. It has many fine
lines.
All For Love : | Or, The | World well
Loft. I A I Tragedy, | As it is Acted at
the I Theatre-Royal; | And Written in
Imitation of Shakefpeare's Stile. | By John
Dryden, Servant to His Majefty. | Facile
eft verbum aliquod ardens (ut ita dicam)
notare : idque re- | ftinctis animorum in-
cendiis irridere. Cicero. | In the Savoy :
I Printed by Tho. Newcomb, for Henry
Herringman, at the Blew An- | chor in
the Lower Walk of the New-Exchange.
1678.
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WORJCS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
Quarto. First edition.
One leaf without signature; a and b, four
leaves each; one leaf without signature; B — L,
in fours.
This tragedy, on the theme of Antony and Cleopatra,
which was brought out at the King's Theatre about the
beginning of 1678, is universally considered the best of
Dryden's plays. It was extremely successful on the
stage. In it he abandoned rhyme for blank verse.
51. Oedipus: | A | Tragedy. | As it is Acted
at His I Royal Highnefs | The | Duke's
Theatre. | The Authors | Mr. Dryden,
and Mr. Lee. | Hi proprium decus &
partum indignantur honorem | Ni teneant.
— Virgil. I Vos exemplaria Graea, | Noc-
turna verfate manu, verfate diurna. Horat.
I Licensed, Jan. 3. i67f. | Roger L'Es-
trange. | London, | Printed for R. Bent-
ley and M. Magnes in Ruffel-ftreet | in
Covent- Garden. 1 679.
Quarto. First edition.
A — L, in fours.
"CEdipus" was brought out a little after August,
1678. Dryden wrote the first two acts ; the rest was
chiefly written by Nathaniel Lee. Dryden briefly refers
in the Epilogue to Sophocles, Seneca, and Corneille,
who had treated the subject.
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
52. Troilus I And | Cressida, | Or, | Truth
Found too Late. | A | Tragedy | As it
is Acted at the | Duke's Theatre, | To
which is Prefixed, a Preface Containing |
the Grounds of Criticifm in Tragedy. |
Written by John Dryden | Servant to
his Majefty. | Rectius, Illacum carmen
deducis in actus, | Quam fi proferres
ignota indictaqua primus, Hor. | London,
Printed for Jacob Tonfon at the Judges-
Head in Chan- | cery-Iane near Fleet-
ftreet, and Abel Swall, at the Unicorn |
at the Weft-end of S. Pauls, 1679.
Quarto. First edition.
One leaf without signature ; A, a, and b, in
fours ; B — K 3, in fours.
This adaptation was brought out at Dorset Gardens in
April, 1679. Betterton, crowned with bays as the ghost
of Shakespeare, spoke the Prologue, which is in Dry-
den's best style.
53. Secret-Love, | Or The | Maiden-Queen:
I As it is Acted | By His Majesties Ser-
vants I At The I Theater Royal. | Written
by I John Dryden, Efq; | Vitiis
nemo fine nafcitur; optimus ille | Qui
minimus urgetur. Horace. | London
6 41
WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
I Printed by J. M. for Henry Herring-
man, at the Sign | of the Anchor, on the
lower walk of | the New-Exchange, 1679.
Quarto.
A — I 2, in fours.
" Secret Love " was successfully played March 2,1667,
Nell Gwyn,then a new actress, taking the part of Flori-
mel, and was published in 1668. The Epilogue recited
and published with the play was by a friend, " a person
of honour." A short Epilogue for the comedy is in
"Covent Garden Drollery," 1672 (see No. 71), with
several known pieces by Dryden, and is probably his.
For the revival of " Secret Love " in 1672 by the women,
Dryden wrote a new Prologue and a new Epilogue,
which were printed in " Covent Garden Drollery."
54. The I Kind Keeper ; | Or, | Mr. Limber-
ham : I A I Comedy : | As it was Acted
at the I Duke's Theatre | By | His Royal
Highneffes Servants. | Written by John
Dryden, Servant to his Majefty. | K^v (is
(j>dYi(](; ItuI ptCav, ojiwc szi xapTro^opYjoco. |
'AvBoXoYia AsoTspa. | Hie nuptarum in-
fanit amoribus ; hie meretricum : | Om-
nes hi metuunt verfus ; odere Poetas.
Horat. I London ; | Printed for R. Bent-
ley, and M. Magnes, in Ruffel- | Street in
Covent- Garden, 1680.
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Quarto. First edition.
A — I, in fours ; two leaves without signature.
Brought out at Dorset Gardens in 1678 and acted only
three times.
55. The I Spanish | Fryar | Or,| The Double
Difcovery. | Acted at the Duke's The-
atre. I Ut melius poffis fallere, fume to-
gam. Ma. | Alterna revifens |
Lufit, & in folido rurfus fortuna locevit.
Vir. I Written by John Dryden, Servant
to I His Majesty. | London, | Printed for
Richard Tonfon and Jacob Tonfon, at
Grays- 1 inn-gate, in Grays-inn-lane, and at
the Judge's-Head,in Chancery-lane, 1681.
Quarto. First edition.
A, four leaves ; a, one leaf; B — M 2, in fours.
This severe attack on the Roman Catholic Order was
probably written in 1680, and was successfully produced
in the Spring or Summer of 1 68 1. It is one of Dry-
den's best plays.
56. The I Duke | Of | Guise. | A | Tragedy.
I Acted By Their | Majefties Servants. |
Written by Mr. Dryden, and Mr. Lee. |
OoTCDf; 8s (pik6zi\Loi yoastc; Iv talc TToXtTsiaic
TO ocYav jXY] yoXa^ajJLSvai, | tw a^aOw [xsiCov
TO xaxov sXcDot. Plutarch in Agefilao. | Lon-
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don, I Printed by T. H. for R. Bentley in
Ruffel-ftreet, near the Piazza | in Covent-
Garden, and J. Tonfon at the Judge's
Head in | Chancery-lane. M. DC-
LXXXIII.
Quarto. First edition.
A — L, in fours.
This play of Dryden and Lee was first represented
December 4, 1682.
The Epilogue published with this play is the second
one written by Dryden for it. The first was never
regularly published, bat was circulated in the theatre
in a broadsheet. Bell, in his edition of Dryden's
poems, three volumes, 1854, reprinted it from a copy of
this broadsheet.
57. Albion I and | Albanius : | An | Opera. |
Performed at the Queens Theatre, | in
Dorfet Garden. | Written by Mr. Dryden.
I Difcite juftitiam moniti, & non temnere
Divos. Virg. | London, | Printed for Ja-
cob Tonfon, at the Judge's Head in |
Chancery-lane, near Fleet-ftreet. 1685.
Folio. First edition.
Two leaves without signature; b, two leaves,
B — I, in twos.
Written in celebration of the success of Charles II
against the popular party and parliamentary opposition,
but was not publicly acted until June 3, 1685, four
months after James's accession. Albion is Charles
and Albanius his brother James.
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;. Don I Sebastian, | King of Portugal: |
A I Tragedy | Acted at the | Theatre
Royal. I Written by Mr. Dryden. |
Nee tarda Senectus | Debilitat vires
animi, mutatque vigorem. Virgil. | Lon-
don : I Printed for Jo. Hindmarfh, at the
Golden Hall in | Cornhil. MDCXC.
Quarto. First edition.
A and a, four leaves each ; B — L, in fours ;
M and N, in twos; O — S, in fours.
One of Dryden's best dramas, but too long to be quite
successful. It was first acted in 1690.
59. The I State of Innocence, | And | Fall of
Man : I An I Opera. | Written in Heroick
Verfe; | And dedicated to Her Royal
Highnefs | The | Duchess. | By Mr. John
Dryden. | Utinam modo dicere
poffem I Carmina digna Dea : Certe eft
Dea Carmine digna. Ovid. Metam. |
London, | Printed by J. M. for Henry
Herringman, and are to be fold by | Abel
Roper, near Temple-Barr, in Fleetftreet,
1690.
Quarto.
A — G, in fours.
" The State of Innocence," which Dryden wrote in
four weeks, was first published in 1676. Though this
adaptation of Milton's ** Paradise Lost" adds little to
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Dryden's reputation, it is interesting to read his Pref-
ace, where he describes Milton's poem as "being un-
doubtedly one of the greatest, most noble, and sublime
poems which either this age or nation has produced."
"The State of Innocence" was never produced on the
stage.
60. Amphitryon ; | Or, | The Two Sofia's. |
A Comedy. | As it is Acted at the | The-
atre Royal. I Egregiam, vero laudem, &
fpoHa ampla refertis ; | Una, dola, Divum,
fi Faemina victa duorum eft. Virg. | Written
by Mr. Dryden. | To which is added, |
The Musick of the Songs. | Composed by
Mr. Henry Purcel. | London, | Printed
for J. Tonfon, at the Judges Head in
Chancery-lane | near Fleet-ftreet, and M.
Tonfon at Gray 's-Inn- Gate in | Gray's-
Inn-Lane. 1691.
Quarto. First edition.
A — H, in fours; I, two leaves; four leaves
without signatures; C and D, two leaves each.
Also produced in 1690, later than " Don Sebastian,"
this comedy was very successful. The subject had
been treated by Plant us and by Moliere.
61. King Arthur: | Or, | The Britifh
Worthy. | A Dramatick | Opera. | Per-
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formed at the Queens Theatre | By Their
Majesties Servants. | Written by Mr.
Dryden. | Heic alta Theatris | Fun-
damenta locant : Scenis decora alta fu-
turis. Virg. ^neid. i. | Purpurea in-
texti tollunt aulaea Britanni. Georg. 3.
10. I Tanton' placuit concurrere
motu. ^neid. II. | Jupiter, aeterna Gen-
teis in pace futuras ? | Et Celebrare
Domeftica facta. Hon | London, Printed
for Jacob Tonfon, at the Judges- Head |
in Chancery-Lane near Fleetftreet. 1 69 1 .
Quarto. First edition.
Two leaves without signature ; A, four leaves ;
one leaf without signature; B — H3, in fours.
First written near the close of the reign of Charles
11, and intended as a sequel to " Albion and Albanius,'*
and for congratulation to Charles on his last political
triumphs, "King Arthur" was greatly changed when
finally brought out in 1691, with music by Purcell.
The opera, as Dryden calls it, was a great success. In
the dedication he acknowledges his indebtedness for
the idea of" King Arthur " to George Savile, Marquis
of Halifax.
Cleomenes, | The | Spartan Heroe. | A
Tragedy, | As it is Acted at the | The-
atre Royal. I Written by Mr. Dryden. |
To which is prefixt | The Life of Cleo-
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menes. | His Armis, ilia quoque tutus in
aula. Juv. Sat. IV. | London, | Printed
for Jacob Tonfon, at the Judge's-Head
in Chancery- | Lane near Fleet- Street.
1692. I Where Compleat Sets of Mr. Dry-
dens Works, in Four | Volumes, are to be
Sold. The Plays being put in the | order
they were Written.
Quarto. First edition.
A and a, four leaves each ; B — K, in fours.
First produced in May, 1692. Dryden's illness
caused him to get young Southerne to write half of the
last act for him. The play did not enjoy much favor.
63. Love Triumphant; | Or, | Nature will
Prevail. | A | Tragi- Comedy. | As it is
Acted at the | Theatre Royal, | By Their
Majesties Servants. | Quod optanti Divum
promittere nemo | Auderet, volvenda
dies, en, attulit ultro Virg. | Written by
Mr. Dryden. | London, | Printed for
Jacob Tonfon, at the Judges Head near |
the Inner-Temple- Gate in Fleet-ftreet.
1694.
Quarto. First edition.
A, four leaves; a, two leaves; B — M2, in
fours.
On January 11, 1694, John Evelyn supped at Mr.
Edward Sheldon's, " where was Mr. Dryden, the poet,
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who now intended to write no more plays, being intent
on his translation of Virgil : he read to us his prologue
and epilogue to his valedictory play now shortly to be
acted." "Love Triumphant" was produced soon
after this and was a decided failure. Dryden declared
in the witty Prologue that he had forsaken the stage,
and the Epilogue began with this conceit ;
" Now, in good manners, nothing shall be said
Against this play, because the poet's dead."
Dryden used rhyme in this play in some of the tragic
parts. Congreve, in whom the old poet had taken a
kindly interest, wrote a song for the first scene of the
fifth act.
54. The I Comedies, | Tragedies, | and |
Operas | Written by | John Dryden,
Esq; I Now first Collected together,
and I Corrected from the Originals. | In
Two Volumes. | [The Second Volume]
London, | Printed for Jacob Tonfon, at
Gray's- Inn- Gate in Gray's-Inn-Lane ; |
Thomas Bennet, at the Half-Moon; and
Richard Wellington, at | the Lute in St.
Paul's Church-Yard. MDCCI.
Folio. First collected edition.
The portrait of Dryden, by Edelinck, after Kneller,
which was published with this edition, was also issued
separately.
65. The Dramatick | Works | Of | John
Dryden, Esq; | In Six Volumes. | Lon-
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don : I Printed for J. Tonfon: And Sold
by R. Knaplock, | W. Taylor, W. Hears,
J. Browne, W. Churchill, | E. Symon,
and J. Brotherton, MDCCXVII. The
Dramatick Works | Of | John Dryden,
Efq ; I Volume the Second. [Third,
Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth] .... Lon-
don, I Printed for Jacob Tonson at
Shakespeare's Head | over-againft Kath-
arine-Street in the Strand. | MDCCX-
VII.
Duodecimo. Portrait by Vertue in each
volume.
Edited by Congreve, who, in the Dedication to the
Duke of Newcastle, thus refers to Dryden's lines in
"The Double Dealer" (see No. 98): "In fome very
Elegant, tho' very partial Verfes which he did me the
Honour to write to me, he recommended it to me to be
kind to his Remains. I was then, and have been ever
fince moft fenfibly touched with that Expreffion: and
the more fo, because I could not find in my felf the
Means of fatisfying the Paffion which I felt in me, to do
fomething anfwerable to an Injunction laid upon me in
fo Pathetick and fo Amicable a Manner. You, my Lord,
have furnifh'd me with Ample means of acquitting my
felf, both of my Duty and Obligation to my departed
Friend,''
66. The Dramatick | Works | Of | John
Dryden, Efq ; | In | Six Volumes, [vols.
SO
WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
II-VI] I [head of Shakespeare] London :
Printed for Jacob Tonson in the Strand. |
MDCCXXXV.
Duodecimo. Portrait by Vertue in first vol-
ume ; the others have frontispieces by G.
Vander Gucht.
An uncut copy.
III. Conttribttteu
^7. Lachrymae Musarum : | The Tears of the
Muses ; | Expreft in | Elegies ; | Written
I By divers perfons of Nobility and Worth,
I Upon the death of the most hopefull, |
Henry Lord Haftings | Onely Sonn of the
Right Honourable | Ferdinando Earl of
Huntingdon | Heir-generall of the high
born Prince | George Duke of Clarence, |
Brother to | King Edward the fourth. (
Collected and fet forth by R. B. | Dignum
laude virum Mufae vetant mori Hor. |
SI
WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
London, Printed by T. N. and are to be
fold I by John Holden, at the blue Anchor
in the | New Exchange. 1650.
Octavo.
A — C, in eights ; two leaves without signa-
tures; D and E, eight leaves each; F, six
leaves (F 3-8); G, three leaves.
The elegy by Dryden on pages 88-92, is generally
considered his first appearance in print. Among the
other contributors to this collection of elegies to the
memory of Lord Hastings (whose death by smallpox
occurred July 9, 1649) were the Earl of Westmoreland,
Lord Falkland, Sir Aston Cokain, Robert Herrick, Sir
John Denham, Andrew Marvel, J. Bancroft, Alexander
Brome, and Richard Brome. The latter, better known
for his comedies, is usually thought to have been the
editor, whose initials " R. B." are on the title. Dry-
den's poem is characteristic of a schoolboy full of clas-
sical erudition, and carries to an extreme the scholastic
pedantry, discernible also, though in less degree, in
Dryden's early political poems. The rhythm also of
some of the lines is imperfect. The poem is reprinted
in Vol. I. of the edition of the " Miscellany Poems " of
1716.
The present is the second issue of the volume. It is
the same book as the first issue with a substituted title.
As originally published, the title agreed with that given
above, except in the imprint, which was as follows:
" London, Printed by Tho. Newcomb, 1649." On the
verso of the title were " The names of the Writers of
these following Elegies,'^ but as they had been printed
before the additional contributions had been sent in,
the names of these last contributors were omitted, and
WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
the list contains only twenty-seven names. The re-
printed title has on the verso thirty-six names, and the
editor has added a note at the foot apologizing to any
contributor whose proper title he may have omitted.
Another copy of the same edition and the
identical copy formerly owned by Lucie,
Countess of Huntingdon, the mother of
the ill-fated Lord Hastings. On the fly-
leaves the sorrowing mother has recorded
her tribute to her only son in a copy of
verses, which for pathetic personal inter-
est far surpass the stilted and more formal
compositions of the regular contributors.
Sion and Parnassus, | Or | Epigrams |
On feverall texts of the Old and | New
Teflament, |
To which are added,
A Poem on the Passion,
A Hymn on the Refurrection,
Afcention,
And feaft of Pentecost.
By John Hoddesdon. | Horat de arte
Poet. I Omne tulit punctum qui nufcuit
utile dulci. | London, | Printed by R.
Daniel for G. Everfden, and are to be |
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
fold at his Ihop over againft the Httle
north I gate of S. Pauls Church. | MDCL.
Octavo. First edition.
^ , four leaves; A — 1 2, in eights.
Facing the title is a portrait of the author, engraved,
according to Bromley, by T. Cross. Beginning on the
verso of *f[2 and extending to the verso of If 4 are
commendatory poems by Henry Bromley (in Latin),
R. Marsh, W. James, and John Dryden. Dryden's
poem, " To his Friend, the Author, on his Divine Epi-
gram," signed J. Dryden, of Trin. C, is believed to be
his second appearance in print.
70. Poems, I Viz. | i. A Panegyrick to the
King. I 2. Songs and Sonnets. | 3. The
Blind Lady, a Comedy. | 4. The Fourth
Book of Virgil, | 5. Statius his Achil-
leis, I with Annotations. | 6. A Pane-
gyrick to Generall | Monck. | By the
Honorable | S^ Robert | Howard. | Lon-
don, I Printed for Henry Herringman,
and are to be fold at his | fhop at the
fign of the Anchor on the lower Walk |
of the New Exchange. 1660.
Octavo. First edition.
A — B, eight leaves each; C, nine leaves;
D — O, in eights.
Contains a commendatory poem to Howard, signed
"John Driden."
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71. Covent Garden | Drolery, | Or A |
Colection, | Of all the Choice Songs, |
Poems, I Prologues and Epilogues,
(Sung and | Spoken at Courts and Thea-
ters) never in | Print before. | Written
by the refined'ft Witts of the Age. |
And Collected by A. B. | London, |
Printed for James Magnes, neer the
Piazza in | Ruffel- Street, 1672.
Octavo. First edition.
One leaf without signature; Bi — H7, in
eights.
^^ A large part of the pieces in " Covent Garden Drol-
lery" are Dryden's. He may have been also the
author of several other pieces there, whose authorship
is not known. For example, the fine Prologue to
"Julius Csesar," written for a revival of the play at
the Theatre Royal, may be his.
72. The I Man of Mode, | Or, | S^ Fop-
ling Flutter. I A | Comedy. | Acted at
the Duke's Theatre. | By George Ethe-
rege, Efq ; | Licensed, | June 3. | 1676. |
Roger UEftrange. | London, | Printed
by J. Macock, for Henry Herringman, at
the Sign of | the Blew Anchor in the |
Lower Walk of the | New Exchange,
1676.
SS
WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
Quarto. First edition.
A — N, in fours.
Epilogue by Dryden. This was the last play Etherege
produced.
73. Circe, | A | Tragedy. | As it is Acted |
At His I Royal Highnefs the Duke of
York's I Theatre. | By Charles D'Avenant,
L.L.D. I Hor. Velut ^gri fomnia vava. |
Licensed June 18,1677, Roger L*Estrange.
I London, | Printed for Richard Tonfon
at his Shop | under Gray's-Inn-gate
next Gray's-Inn- | lane, MDCXXXVII.
Quarto. First edition.
Two leaves without signature ; B — L 2, in
fours.
Prologue by Dryden.
74. The I Rival Queens, | or the death of
I Alexander | The Great. | Acted at the
I Theatre- Royal. | By | Their Majefties
Servants. | By Nat. Lee, Gent. | — Na-
tura fublimis & acer, | Nam fpirat tragicum
fatis, 8l feliciter audet. | Horat. Epift. ad
Aug. I London, | Printed for James
Magnes and Richard Bentley, at the Poft-
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houfe in | Ruffel-ftreet in Covent-Garden,
near the Piazza^s, 1677.
Quarto. First edition.
A, four leaves ; a, two leaves ; B — D, in fours ;
E, five leaves ; F — I, in fours.
Complimentary poem by Dryden.
75. Mithridates | Kingof Pontus, | A | Trag-
edy : I Acted at the | Theatre Royal, |
By their Majeftie*s Servants. | Written by
Nat. Lee. | Hi motus animorum atque
haec certamina tanta, | Pulveris exigui
i' jactu compreffa quiefcent. | Virgil. Georg.
1. 4. I Licenfed March 28 1678. | Roger
L'Estrange. | London : | Printed by R.
E. for James Magnes and Rich. Bentley.
in Ruffel- | ftreet in Covent-Garden,
near the Piazza's 1678.
Quarto. First edition.
A — L, in fours.
Epilogue by Dryden. A second Epilogue was
written for a representation of the play in 1 68 1, and
Scott has printed it as Dryden's, but it was probably
done by Lee himself.
^6, A I True Widow. | A | Comedy, | Acted
by the Duke's Servants. | Written by |
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Tho. Shadwell. | Odi profanum Vulgus &
arceo. | [device] London, | Printed for
Benjamin Tooke, at the Ship in St. Paul's
Church- I yard. 1679.
Quarto. First edition.
A — L, in fours.
Prologue by Dryden. After his quarrel with Shad-
well, Dryden gave this Prologue to Mrs. Behn, in 1690,
for her play, " The Widow Ranter " (see No. 92).
yj. Ovid's I Epistles, | Translated | By Sev-
eral Hands. | Vel tibi compofita cantetur
Epiftola voce : | Ignotam hoc aliis ille
novavit opus. Ovid. | London, | Printed
for Jacob Tonfon at the Sign of the |
Judges Head in Chancery Lane, near |
Fleet-Street. 1680.
Octavo. First edition.
A, eight leaves; a, four leaves; B — S, in
eights.
The Preface is signed by Dryden; among the other
contributors were Tate, Flatman, Mrs. Behn, Settle,
Lord Mulgave, Rhymer, and Otway. The translation
gave occasion for several burlesques ; (see Nos. 105-
107).
78. Caefar Borgia ; | Son of | Pope Alexan-
der I The I Sixth : | A | Tragedy |
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
Acted at the | Duke's Theatre | By |
Their Royal Highneffes Servants. | Written
by Nat. Lee. | London : | Printed by R.
E. for R. Bentley, and M. Magnes, in
Ruffel- I Street in Coven t- Garden, near
the Piazza, 1680.
Quarto. First edition.
A — K, in fours.
Prologue by Dryden.
79. The I Loyal | General, | A | Tragedy. |
Acted at the | Duke's Theatre | Written |
By N.Tate, | London, | Printed for Henry
Bonwicke, at the Red Lion | in St. Paul's
Church-yard, M. DC. LXXX.
Quarto. First edition.
A, four leaves; a, two leaves; B — 12, in
fours.
Prologue by Dryden.
80. The I Loyal Brother | Or the | Persian |
Prince. | A | Tragedy | As it is Acted at
the Theatre Royal | by their Majefties
Servants. By Thomas Southern. | I,fuge;
fed poteras tutior effe Domi. Mart. |
London, | Printed for William Cademan
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
at the Popes Head | in the New Exchange
in the Strand, 1682.
Quarto. First edition.
A — 12, in fours.
Prologue and Epilogue by Dryden, though he does
not sign them. This was Southerne's first play. It
was directed against the Whigs, the Duke of York
being the "loyal brother," while the conspirator in
the play was Shaftesbury. According to Dr. Johnson,
Dryden raised his customary price for a prologue or
epilogue from two to three guineas when " The Loyal
Brother " was brought out, saying : " Not, young
man, out of disrespect to you, but the players have had
my goods too cheap." This incident is responsible for
Pope's lines ;
" Tom, whom Heaven sent down to raise
The price of prologues and of plays."
81. The I Unhappy Favorite : | Or The |
Earl of Essex. | A | Tragedy. | Acted at
the I Theatre Royal | By Their Majeft/s
Servants. | Written by John Bankes. |
qui nimios optabat Honores, | Et
nimias pofcebat Opes, numerofa parabat |
Excelfae turris tabulata, unde altior effet |
Cafus & impulfae praeceps immane Ruinae.
Juven. Sat. 10. | London, | Printed for
Richard Bentley and Mary Magnes in
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Ruffel-ftreet | near the Piazza in Covent
Garden, 1682.
Quarto. First edition,
A — L2, in fours.
Prologue and Epilogue by Dryden.
The I History | Of The | League. |
Written in French | By Monfieur Maim-
bourg. I Translated into English | Accord-
ing to His Majefty's Command. | By Mr.
Dryden. | Neque enim libertas gra-
tior ulla eft | Quam fub Rege Pio |
London, | Printed by M. Flefher, for
Jacob Tonfon, at the | Judges- Head in
Chancery-lane near Fleetftreet 1684.
Octavo. First edition.
A, a, and b, in eights ; c, six leaves ; B — Z,
and Aa — Kk, in eights ; LI, four leaves ;
Mm, two leaves; Aaa — Uuu, in eights; Xxx,
four leaves.
An I Essay | On | Translated Verfe. | By
the I Earl of Roscommon. | Cape Dona
Extrema Tuorum. | London, | Printed
for Jacob Tonfon at the Judges Head in |
Chancery Lane, 1684.
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Quarto. First edition.
One leaf without signature; A — D, in fours;
between A3 and A4 are inserted two leaves
signed (a) and (a2).
Contains complimentary address by Dryden. Ros-
common returned Dryden's favor with a compli-
mentary poem on his " Religio Laici," which Dryden
published in the " Miscellany Poems " of 1684 (see
No. 85).
84. Conftantine | The | Great; | A | Trag-
edy. I Acted at the | Theatre- Royal, |
By their Majefties Servants. | Written by
Nat. Lee, Gent. | London, | Printed by
H. Hills Jun. for R. Bently, in Ruffel-
Street, Covent- 1 Garden, and J. Tonfon,
at the Judges- Head in | Chancery- Lane
near Fleet- ftreet. 1684.
Quarto. First edition.
A — 1 2, in fours.
Epilogue by Dryden.
85. Mifcellany Poems. | Containing a New |
Translation | Of | Virgills Ecloques, |
Ovid's Love Elegies, | Odes of Horace, |
And Other Authors; | With Several |
Original Poems. | By the Mofl Eminent
Hands. | Et Vos, O Lauri, carpam, & Te,
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proxima Myrte: | Sic pofitae quoniam
fuaveis mifcetis oderes. | Virg. Eel. 2. |
London, | Printed for Jacob Tonfon, at
the Judges-head in | Chancery- Lane near
Fleet-ftreet, 1684.
Octavo. First edition. Edited by Dryden.
A, four leaves; B — X, in eights; Y, four
leaves ; A — E, in eights ; F, four leaves.
This volume contains reprints of "Mac Flecknoe,"
"Absalom and Achitophel," and "The Medal," to-
gether with translations from Ovid, Theocritus, and
Virgil, complimentary addresses, and some Prologues
and Epilogues.
56. Sylvae : | Or, The | Second Part | Of |
Poetical | Miscellanies. | Non de-
ficit alter | Aureus; & fimili frondefcit
virga Metallo. Virg. | London, | Printed
for Jacob Tonfon, at the Judges- Head |
in Chancery-lane near Fleetftreet, 1685.
Octavo. First edition.
A and a, eight leaves each; b, four leaves;
leaf of errata; B — L, in eights; M, four
leaves; Aa — Hh, in eights; li, seven leaves.
This second series of the Miscellanies Contains
translations from the " ^neid," Theocritus, and Hor-
ace, mostly by Dryden. There is a long Preface by
Dryden on translation. The third series, with the ad-
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ditional title of "Exam en Poeticum," appeared in 1693,
containing translations from Ovid*s " Metamorphoses,"
the "Veni, Creator Spiritis," epitaphs, and*' Hector
and Andromache " from the 6th Iliad. The fourth,
called also the " Annual Miscellany," was published
in 1694, and included Dryden's translation of the
"Georgics," bk. iii, and his excellent poem addressed
to Sir Godfrey Kneller. A fifth volume, by other
writers, appeared in 1704, and a sixth in 1706. A uni-
form edition of the Miscellanies was published in 1716
in six volumes, and is described under the next
number.
"^T, The First Part [Second, Third, Fourth,
Fifth and Sixth] of | Miscellany Poems. |
Containing Variety of New | Transla-
tions I Of The I Ancient Poets : | Together
with Several Original Poems. | By the
Moft Eminent Hands. | Publifh'd by Mr.
Dryden. | [quotation in first three volumes]
The Fourth Edition. | London. | Printed
for Jacob Tonson at Shakespeare's | Head
over-againfb Katharine- Street in | the
Strand. MDCCXVI.
Duodecimo.
88. Poems | By | Mrs. Anne Killigrew. | Im-
modicis brevis eft aetas, & rara Senectus.
I Mart. 1. 6. Ep. 29. | These Poems are
Licenfed to be Publiflied, | Sept. 30, 1685.
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I I Ro. L'Eftrange. | [device] London : |
Printed for Samuel Lowndes, over againft
; Exeter Exchange in | the Strand. 1686.
[Quarto. First edition.
One leaf without signature; [a]-[c] i, in fours;
[ B — O 2, in fours.
Contains Ode to the memory of Anne Killigrew by
Dryden.
Remains | of | Mr. John Oldham | In |
Verse and Prose. | London : | Printed for
Jo Hindmarfh, at the Golden Ball over |
againft the Royal Exchange in Cornhil.
1687.
Octavo.
A — I, in eights.
Contains an epitaph by Dryden on the death of Old-
ham, author of " Satires on the Jesuits," which were
written in 1679 and published in the height of the ex-
citement against the Roman Catholics. Oldham died
in 1683, in his twenty-ninth year, and Dryden gives
generous praise to his fellow satirist in the noble lines,
beginning :
" Farewell, too little and too lately known,
Whom I began to think and call my own."
The I Life | Of | St. Francis Xavier, | Of
The I Society | Of | Jesus, | Apoftle of
the Indies, | and of Japan. | Written in
French by Father Domi- | nick Bohours,
9 ^S
WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
of the fame Society. | Tranflated into
Englifli I By Mr. Dryden. | London,
Printed for Jacob Tonson, at the Judges-
Head I in Chancery-lane, MDCLXXX-
VIII.
Octavo. First edition.
A, eight leaves; a, four leaves ; B — Z, Aa —
Zz, and Aaa — Ccc, in eights.
91. Paradife Loft. | A | Poem | in Twelve
Books. I The Authour | John Milton. |
The Fourth Edition, Adorn'd with Sculp-
tures. I London, | Printed by Miles
Flefher, for Jacob Tonfon, at the Judge's-
Head in Chancery-lane near Fleet-Street.
I MDCLXXXVIII.
Folio.
A, two leaves; B — Z and Aa — Yy 2, in
fours; Zz and Aa, two leaves each.
The title is preceded by a portrait of Milton, en-
graved by R. White, under which are Dryden' s well-
known lines :
Three poets, in three distant ages born,
Greece, Italy, and England did adorn.
The First in loftinefs of thought SurpalPd,
The next in Majesty; in both the Last.
The force of Nature cou'd no further goe :
To make a Third she joynd the former two.
This is the first folio edition of "Paradise Lost," and
the first to be illustrated, the work containing, in ad-
dition to the portrait, twelve full-sized copper-plates.
66
WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
92. The I Widdow Ranter | Or, The History
of I Bacon in Virginia. | A | Tragi-Com-
edy, I Acted by their Majefties Servants.
I Written by Mrs. A. Behn. | [device]
London, Printed for James Knapton at
the I Crown in St. PauFs Church- Yard.
1690.
Quarto. First Edition.
A — H, fours.
The Prologue, by Dryden, is the one he wrote for
Shadwell's '*True Widow" (see No. 76).
. A I Dialogue | Concerning | Women, |
Being a Defence | Of the | Sex: | Writ-
ten to Eugenia. | London, Printed for R.
Bentley in Ruffel-Street in Covent-Gar-
den, and J. Tonfon at the Judge's-Head
in Chancery-Lane. 1691.
Octavo. First edition.
A, four leaves; B — K 3, in eights.
Dryden contributed a Preface to this work, the most
notable of the productions in prose of William Walsh
(1663-1708), critic and poet, and the friend of Alex-
ander Pope.
94. The I Mistakes, | Or, | The Falfe Re-
port: I A I Tragi- Comedy. | Acted by
Their Majefties Servants. | Written by
67
WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
Mr. Jof. Harris. | The Prologue Written
by Mr. Dryden, | The Epilogue by Mr.
Tate. I Haec fi placuiffe erint mihi praemia
Mart. I Licenfed according to Order. |
London, Printed for Jo. Hindmarfh at the
Golden-Ball | over againft the Royal- Ex-
change. 1 69 1.
Quarto. First edition.
Four leaves without signature ; B — L, in fours.
Harris was the ostensible author of this dull piece, to
which Dryden contributed a Prologue.
95. The I Satires | Of | Decimus Junius Ju-
venalis. | Tranflated into | EngHsh Verse.
I By I Mr. Dryden, | And | Several
other Eminent Hands. | Together with
the I Satires | Of | Aulus Perfius Flac-
cus. I Made EngHfh by Mr. Dryden. |
With which is Prefixed a Difcourse con-
cerning the Original and Progrefs | of
Satire. Dedicated to the Right Honour-
able Charles Earl of | Dorfet, &c. By
Mr. Dryden. | Quicquid agunt homines,
votum, timor, Ira, voluptas, | Gaudia,
difcurfus, noftri eft farrago libelli. | Lon-
don, I Printed for Jacob Tonfon at the
Judge's-Head in Chancery- Lane, near |
6S
WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
Fleetftreet MDCXCIII. | Where you
may have Compleat Sets of Mr. Dryden's
Works, in Four Volumes | in Quarto, the
Plays being put in the order they were
Written.
Folio. First edition.
Two leaves without signature; (a) — (o), in
twos ; B — LIU and A — Z, in twos.
Each of the satires, twenty-two in all, is preceded by
a half-title and argument, following which are ex-
planatory notes, by Dryden. From the half-titles to
Juvenal we learn that five of the satires were translated
by Dryden, one each by Charles Dryden and John
Dryden, Jr., two by Tate, one each by Bowles, Stepney,
Harris, Congreve, Power, and Creech, and one by an
anonymous translator. All the satires of Persius were
translated by Dryden.
96. Another copy of "Juvenal,'' on Large
Paper.
97. Henry the Second, | King of England ; |
With The | Death of Rofamond. | A
Tragedy. | Acted at the Theatre- Royal, |
By I Their Majefties Servants. | Lon-
don : I Printed for Jacob Tonfon, at the
Judges Head in | Chancery-lane near
Fleet-ftreet. MDCXCHI.
69
WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
Quarto. First edition.
A — H2, in fours.
This tragedy was written by John Bancroft, the sur-
geon, for Mountfort, the comedian, and it was pub-
lished as Mountfort's. The Epilogue is by Dryden.
98. The I Double-Dealer, | A | Comedy. |
Acted at the | Theatre Royal, | By Their
Majefties Servants. | Written by Mr.
Congreve. | Interdum tamen, & vocem
Comoedia tollit. | Hor. Ar. Po. | Lon-
don, I Printed for Jacob Tonson, at the
Judges- Head near | the Inner-Temple-
Gate in Fleet- ftreet. 1694.
Quarto. First edition.
Aa, and B — L, in fours.
Congreve's first play, " The Old Bachelor," was very
successful ; this, his second comedy, was first acted in
November, 1693, and was received with indifference.
The following year "The Double Dealer'' was pub-
lished, and Dryden contributed a complimentary ad-
dress, " To my Dear Friend, Mr. Congreve," in which
he consoled and encouraged him. In conclusion he
charged Congreve with the defence of his fame when
he was dead.
. . . "You, whom ev'ry Muse and Grace adorn,
Whom I forfee to better Fortune born.
Be kind to my Remains ; and oh defend,
Againft Your Judgment Your departed Friend!
Let not the Insulting Foe my Fame purfue ;
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
But Ihade thofe Laurels which defcend to you :
And take for Tribute what thefe Lines exprefs
You merit more ; nor cou'd my Love do lefs."
In 1 71 7 Congreve fulfilled Dryden's charge by an
edition of his plays (see No. 65).
^9. The I Husband | His Own | Cuckold. |
A I Tragedy. | As it is Acted at the
Theater in Little | Lin coins- Inn-Fields, |
Written by Mr. John Dryden, Jun. | Et
Pater ^neas, & Avanculas excitet Hec-
tor. I Virg. I London, | Printed for J.
Tonfon, at the Judge's Head in Fleet-
ftreet, | near the Inner Temple - Gate,
1696.
Quarto. First edition.
A, four leaves ; * two leaves ; B — H, in fours.
" The Husband his Own Cuckold " was written by
Dryden's second son, John. It was produced in 1696,
with a Prologue by Congreve and an Epilogue by Dry-
den. It was published soon after, with a Preface by
Dryden and a Dedication to Sir Robert Howard, the
author's maternal uncle, who had revised and re-
written the play.
100. The Works | Of | Virgil : | Containing
His Pastorals, | Georgics, | And |
^neis. I Tranflated into Englifh Verfe ;
By I Mr. Dryden. | Adorned v^ith a
71
WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
Hundred Sculptures. | Sequiturque
Patrem non paffibus ^quis. Virg.
JEn.2. I London, | Printed for Jacob
Tonson, at the Judges - Head in
Fleetftreet, | near the Inner-Temple-
Gate, MDCXCVn.
Quarto.
A, two leaves ; ^ and ^^, four leaves each ;
opopop — ^^^^^, in twos, t, two leaves;
tt , three leaves ; B — G, in fours ; fl , four
leaves ; ^|f , two leaves ; H — T, in fours,
U, two leaves; (a) — (f), in fours Aa — Zz,
Aaa — Zzz, and Aaaa — Ffff, in fours ; Gggg,
two leaves ; Hhhh and liii, four leaves each ;
Kkkk, two leaves.
Dryden's translationof Virgil was commenced near
the end of 1693, and was finished about the end of
1697. It was published in July, 1697, and sold so
rapidly that the first edition was all disposed of in a
few months, and a second, revised by Dryden, ap-
peared in the following year. In November, 1697,
he wrote to his sons Charles and John, who were at
Rome, in the Pope's service : " My Virgil succeeds
in the world beyond its desert or my reputation."
loi. Heroick Love: | A | Tragedy. | As it
is Acted at | the Theatre in | Little
Lincolns- Inn- Fields. | Written by the
Honourable | George Granville, Efq; |
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WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
Rectius Iliacum Carmen deducis in
Actus, I Hor. de Arte Poetica. |
Quam fi proferres ignota indictaque
primus. | London : | Printed for F.
Saunders, in the New- Exchange in the
Strand; | H. Playford in the Temple-
Change, and B. Tooke at the Middle- |
Temple-Gate, Fleetftreet, 1698.
Quarto. First edition.
A, four leaves ; A, two leaves ; B — K, in
fours ; two leaves without signature.
Contains complimentary poem by Dryden.
Beauty in Diftrefs. | A | Tragedy. | As
it is Acted at the Theatre | in Little
Lincolns-Inn-Fields. | By His Majefty's
Servants. | Written by Mr. Motteaux. |
With a Difcourfe of the | Lawfulnefs
and Unlawfulnefs of Plays, | Lately
Written in French by the Learned Father
Calf - I faro. Divinity - Profeffsor at
Paris. I Sent in a Letter to the Author |
By a Divine of the Church of England. |
London, | Printed for Daniel Brown, at
the Black Swan and Bible without
Temple - | bar ; and Rich. Parker at
the Unicorn under the Piazza of the
10 73
DRYDENIANA.
Royal I Exchange. 1698. | There is
newly publifhed, The Ufefulnefs of the
Stage, to the Happinefs of Mankind, |
To Government, and to Religion. Oc-
cafioned by a late Book, Written by
Jeremy | Collier, M. A. By Mr. Dennis.
Printed for Rich. Parker.
Quarto. First edition.
A — M2, in fours.
" Motteaux's tragedy, * Beauty in Distress *, was
published in June, 1698, with a complimentary poem
by Dryden prefixed. Jeremy Collier's attack on the
immorality and profaneness of the English stage, in
which Dryden was severely handled, had appeared
in the preceding March. Dryden retaliates in the
poem he wrote for Motteaux's comedy, and ex-
cuses himself for his attacks on the clergy. In his
Epilogue to *The Pilgrim,' written very shortly
before his death, Dryden defended himself against
Collier ; but it must be admitted that his self-defence
is not complete or satisfactory." — Christie,
IV. ©rttieniana*
103. Epigrams | Of All Sorts, | Made at |
Divers Times | On | Several Occasions.
I By Richard Flecknoe. | A noftris pro-
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DRYDENIANA.
culeft omnis vefica Hbellis. Mart. | Lon-
don: I Printed for the Author, and Will. |
Crook, at the Green-dragon with- | out
Temple-bar, 1670.
Octavo.
A, four leaves ; B — H, in eights.
In one of his epigrams Flecknoe praises Dryden,
*' the Muses' darHng and delight,
Than whom none ever flew so high a height."
Dryden, however, regarded Flecknoe as an exceedingly
dull poet, and made use of his name in the title of
" Mac Flecknoe,*' 1682, his satire on Shadwell (see
No. 14). In "Mac Flecknoe" Dryden says that
Flecknoe
" In prose and verse was owned, beyond dispute,
Through all the realms of nonsense, absolute."
Flecknoe, who was an Irishman and a Roman Catholic
priest, is supposed to have died about 1678. Little is
known about him; his verses, which are rather unin-
teresting, were happily chiefly printed for private cir-
culation.
The I Rehearsal, | As it was Acted at
the I Theatre- Royal. | [device] London,
Printed for Thomas Dring, at the White-
Lyon, I next Chancery-Lane end in
Fleet- I ftreet, 1672.
Quarto. First edition.
Two leaves without signature; B — H, in
fours.
IS
DRYDENIANA.
In " The Rehearsal " Buckingham caricatured Dry-
den and ridiculed his rhymed plays. The witty Duke
had the assistance in this famous production of Butler,
Sprat, Clifford, and others. The poet Bayes of the
farce was Dryden ; his dress and manners were imi-
tated, his favorite phrases freely used, and a number
of passages of his plays parodied. Dryden was re-
venged in " Absalom and Achitophel," where he
sketched Buckingham as Zimri. Buckingham replied
in a little known and rather dull work entitled " Poet-
ical Reflections on a late Poem, entitled Absalom and
Achitophel, by a Person of Honour." Eighteen plays
were burlesqued in " The Rehearsal," of which the
following were Dryden's : " Conquest of Granada,"
"The Indian Emperor," " Marriage-d-la-Mode,"
" Secret Love," " Tyrannic Love," and " The Wild
Gallant."
105. The I Wits I Paraphrased: | Or, | Para-
phrase upon Paraphrase. | In a Burlesque
I On The | Several late Tranflations |
Of I Ovid's Epiftles. | Juven. Sat. 10. |
Et facilis cuivis rigidi cenfura cachinni. |
London, | Printed for Will Cademan, at
the Popes- Head in | the New Exchange
in the Strand. 1680.
Octavo. First edition. Anonymous.
A — K, in eights.
Burlesque rhyme was in fashion at this period, fol-
lowing the example set by Butler in his" Hudibras,"
and a poet could hardly publish a serious work but
76
DRYDENIANA.
that it was immediately parodied. The present col-
lection of fifteen burlesque epistles was especially
aimed at Dryden's translation of Ovid (see No. 77).
It was followed by a burlesque upon itself, by Alex-
ander Radcliffe, which, in a second edition, was
enlarged.
!io6. Ovid Traveftie, | A | Burlesque | Upon
feveralof | Ovid's Epiftles: | By | Alex-
ander Radcliffe, | Of Gray's-Inn, Gent. |
London, | Printed for Jacob Tonfon, at
the Judge's- Head in Chan- | eery-lane,
near Fleet-Street. MDCLXXX.
Quarto. First edition.
*, three leaves; A — F i, in fours.
This volume pretends to be an answer to " The
Wits Paraphrased," but also burlesques Dryden's
translation.
>7. Ovid Travesflie, | A | Burlesque |
Upon Ovid's Episftles. | The Second
Edition, Enlarged with | Ten Epiftles
never before printed. | By | Alexander
Radcliffe, | of Gray's- Inn, Gent. | Lon-
don, I Printed for Jacob Tonfon, at the
Judge's- I Head in Chancery-Lane, near
Fleet-ftreet. | MDCLXXXL
Octavo. Second edition.
A, five leaves ; B — I, in eights.
Contains ten additional epistles, making fifteen in all.
77
DRYDENIANA.
1 08. Azaria | And | Hushai, | A | Poem. |
Quod cuique vifum eft fentiant. | Lon-
don, I Printed for Charles Lee, | An.
Dom. 1682.
Quarto. First edition.
A, two leaves ; B — F3, in fours.
A counter allegory by Samuel Pordage to "Ab-
solom and Achitophel," and one of its several answers.
109. The I Medal | Of | John Bayes : | A |
Satyr | Against | Folly and Knavery. |
Facit indignatio verfus. | [device]
London : | Printed for Richard Janeway,
1682.
Quarto. First edition.
One leaf without signature; A — D, in fours.
A virulently personal answer by Thomas Shadwell
to " The Medal." It so angered Dryden that he de-
voted a new satire to Shadwell, who had once been
his friend — "Mac Flecknoe, or a Satire on the True
Blew Protestant Poet, T. S." (see No. 14).
1 10. Satyr | To His | Muse. | By the Author
of I Absalom & Achitophel. | Quo liceat
libris non licet ire mihi | Turpiter hue
illuc Ingeniosus eat. | London, | Printed
for T. W. 1682.
78
DRYDENIANA.
Quarto. First edition.
B — Di, in fours.
One of the most noted of the numerous contribu-
tions to the controversy between Dryden and Shad-
well. As it principally consists of abuse of Dryden,
it could not, of course, have been written by him. It
has been generally ascribed to John Somers, later the
celebrated Lord Chancellor, then a young man begin-
ning his profession ; but Christie says there is neither
internal probability nor evidence to support the story.
Pope has said that Somers told him he had nothing to
do with the poem.
Another copy of the same edition, with
pagination somewhat irregular and with
a different imprint, but agreeing in other
respects. The imprint : ** London, |
Printed for D. Green, 1682.'*
The I Laurel, | A | Poem | On The |
Poet-Laureat, | Nos fequimur Lauros
Te Lauri fponte feqnuntur. | London,
Printed for Benj. Tooke at the Ship in
St. Paul's I Church-Yard, 1685.
Quarto. First edition.
A — F I, in fours.
An attack on Dryden by Robert Gould, who pub-
tished a volume of poems in 1689.
79
DRYDENIANA.
113. The I Hind | and The | Panther | Trans-
versed | To the Story of | The Country |
Moufe and the City- | Moufe | Much
Malice Mingled with a little Wit Hind
Pan. I Nee vult Panthera domari. Quae
Genus | London: | Printed for W. Davis,
MDCLXXXVII.
Quarto. First edition.
A, three leaves ; B — E2, in fours.
The best of the many replies to Dryden's brilliant
poem, — Bayes, Smith's and Johnson's — of Bucking-
ham's " Rehearsal/' reappeared in this truly witty
performance, by Matthew Prior and Charles Mon-
tague, the future Earl of Halifax, two young men
destined to become distinguished in literature and
politics. Montague was Prior's ostensible coUabator
in this satire, but Prior was probably the more active
partner. It was his first literary essay.
114. A I Description | of | Mr. D n's |
Funeral | A | Poem. | London ; | Printed
for A. Baldwin in Warwick-lane, |
MDCC. Price 3d.
Folio. First edition. By Tom Brown.
A — B, in twos.
115. LuctusBritannici: | or the | Tears of the
I British Mufes; | for the | Death of |
John Dryden, Efq : | late | Poet Laureat
80
PORTRAITS OF DRYDEN.
to Their Majesties, K. Charles | and K.
James the Second, | Written By the
most Eminent Hands in the two Famous
Univer- | fities, and by Several Others. |
[quotation] London | Printed for Henry
Playford, in the Temple- Change, and
Abel Roper, at | the Black Bay in Fleet-
ftreet ; | and sold by John Nutt near
Stationer's Hall. 1700.
Folio. First edition. Portrait.
A — P and Aa — F, in twos.
This is one of the several volumes of poems on
Dryden that appeared shortly after his death. As a
tribute of poetry to his memory it is not remarkable
but serves to show the strong and general sensation
excited by the passing away of "Glorious John.'*
The portrait that appears with this volume, though
without name of painter or engraver, is undoubtedly
after Kneller, and is from the same original as the one
by Vander Gucht. It is quite possible that the pres-
ent is the earliest engraved portrait of Dryden.
V. 3^ortraitj5»
6. Portrait of John Dryden in oil, attributed
to Sir Godfrey Kneller. The following
note from Leon Richeton accompanies
the painting :
II 81
PORTRAITS OF DRYDEN.
" I have carefully examined the life-sized
painting of the portrait of John Dryden and
have afterwards compared it with the well-
known examples of Sir Godfrey Kneller*s
portraits in the National Portrait Gallery and
I am convinced that your portrait is an orig-
inal work of this master.
" The manner of the painting, the texture
of the canvas and the fact that the picture is
not signed, all lead me to this conclusion."
117. Another portrait of Dryden, also as-
cribed to Kneller and, as far as is known
never engraved.
118. Full bust, in oval, face to left. Mezzo-
tint. G. Kneller Baron* pinx. G. White
fecit.
Inscription, below: Mf John Dryden.
Sold by Thomas Bowles Printseller in
St. Paul's Church Yard, London.
119. Bust, in oval, with border, in a rectangle.
Line. Peint par le Chevalier Kneller.
Graue le Chevalier Edelinck C. P. R.
Inscription, below. M^John Dryden.
This print, which appeared in the folio edition of
Dryden's "Plays," 1701, was probably also issued
separately.
82
PORTRAITS OF DRYDEN.
Full bust, in a rectangle, face to right.
Line. G. Kneller eques pinxit. Geo :
Vertue Londini Sculpsit 1730.
Inscription, below : Nat. 1632. denat.
iEtat. 6S. I John Dryden, | whose tune-
ful Muse affords, | The Sweeteft Num-
bers, and the fitteft Words | Addison.
Praenobili D^^P Edoardo Comiti Oxo-
niae &c. ad Archetypa Museo Harley-
ano afservatum. Qua par est Observan-
tia D. D. G. Vertue Sculpts
Bust, in oval, with border, in a rectangle.
Line. G. Kneller pinxit. J. Hou-
braken, sculps. Amst. 1743.
Inscription, in border: John Dryden.
From the collection of the late Earl
of Oxford. Impensis J. P. Knapton Lon-
dini, 1743.
Bust, in oval, with border, in a rectangle,
face to right. Stipple and line. Vertue.
Sc.
Inscription, below : M^ John Dryden.
This portrait first appeared in Dryden's " Dramatic
Works," edited by Congreve, London, 171 7.
83
PORTRAITS OF DRYDEN.
123. The same plate, retouched by Vertue at
a later date.
124. Bust, in oval, with border, in a rectangle,
face to left. Line. lohn : Ryly Pinxit.
P. A. Gunst Sculp :
Inscription, below: M^ lohn Dryden.
I Anno, 1683. -^tat: 52.
Engraved by Van Gunst after Riley's painting, and
published with the two portraits that follow in the
edition of Dryden's version of Virgil that appeared in
three volumes in 1709.
125. Bust, in oval, with border, in a rectangle,
face to right. Line.
S^ G: Kneller Pinxit. M. V^^ Gucht
Sculp.
Inscription, below: M^ lohn Dryden. |
Anno, 1693. iEtat: 62.
126. Bust, in oval, with border, in a rectangle,
face to right. Line.
Inscription, below: lohn Dryden |
Anno, 1698. iEtat: 6t,
Sy G. Kneller Pinxit. I. de Lecuw,
Sculp.
127. Bust, in a rectangle, face to left. Line.
Inscription : John Dryden.
Engraved for the Univerfal Magazine
84
PORTRAITS OF DRYDEN.
For J. Hinton at the King^s Arms in
Newgate Street.
128. Bust, in oval, with border, in a rectangle,
face to left. Line.
Inscription in border: John Dryden,
Efq.
For the London Mag. Published by
R. Baldwin JunF at the Rose in Pater
Noster Row, 1752.
129. Bust, in oval, with border, in a rectangle,
face to left. G. Kneller, P. J. B. Grate-
loup Sc.
Inscription, below : J° Dryden.
This is the second portrait engraved by Jean-Baptiste
de Grateloup (i 735-1 784), the French savant "who
practised engraving simply for amusement." His pro-
cess of engraving seems to have involved the use ot
aquatint, mezzotint, line, and dry point, and some parts
of the plate, it is said, were hammered. The secret
was confided to his nephew, Dr. J. P. S. de Grateloup
under a promise that it should never be divulged, and
it died and was buried with him.
130. Bust, in oval, with border, in a rectangle,
face to left. Line. Sharp fc.
Inscripton, below : John Dryden.
Printed for John Bell near Exeter
Exchange Strand London Jan^ 12*? 1778.
»5
PORTRAITS OF DRYDEN.
131. Bust, in oval, with border, in a rectangle,
face to left. Line. Cook fc.
Inscription, below : John Dryden.
Printed for John Bell, at the Britifh
Library in the Strand, London, Aug.
16. 1780.
132. Bust, in circle, with border, in a rec-
tangle, face to right. Line. G. Zocchi
Invent D. B. Pyetti Sculp*
Inscription, below: John Dryden.
Morifon's Edition of Dryden's Virgil.
133. Bust, in oval, with border, in a rectangle.
Line. G. Kneller pinx. W. Sharp Sculp.
Inscription, below : Dryden.
Published by G. Kearsly, N? 46 Fleet
Street.
134. Bust, in oval, face to right. Line. From
Houbraken. Birrell sculp.
PubHsh'd by Harrison & C? Aug. i.
1794.
135. Bust, in circle, with border, in a rec-
tangle, face to right. Line. I. Sherwin
sculp.
Inscription, below : Dryden.
86
PORTRAITS OF DRYDEN.
136. Bust, in oval, face to right. Stipple.
HoU, sculp.
. Bust, in a rectangle, face to right.
Stipple. Engraved by R. H. Cook, from
the Print by Houbraker.
Inscription, below : Dryden.
Published by Mathews & Leigh,
Aug'* I. 1808.
38. Bust, in a rectangle, face to right. Line.
i Drawn by T. Uwins. Engraved by E.
Smith.
t Inscription, below: John Dryden. |
From an original Picture in the Collec-
tion I of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.
\ London, July i, 1822. Published by
W. Walker, 5 Grays Inn Square.
39. Bust, in a rectangle, face to right. En-
graved by I. Jenkins, from a Painting by
Godfrey Kneller.
Inscription, below : John Dryden.
London : PubHshed by Thomas Kelly,
17, Paternoster Row, 1830.
40. Bust, in a rectangle, face to left.
Stipple. Engraved by C. E. Wagstaff.
87
PORTRAITS OF DRYDEN.
141. Bust, in a rectangle, face to right.
Stipple. H. Robinson sc.
Inscription, below: Jon: Dryden.
London, William Pickering, 1833.
142. Bust, in rectangle, face to left. Stipple.
Inscription, below : J. Dryden.
143. Bust, in a rectangle, face to right. Line.
Sir G. Kneller. J. Horsburgh.
Inscription, below : John Dryden.
144. Bust, face to left. Stipple. Bollinger sc.
Inscription, below : Dryden.
Zwickau, b. d. Gebr. Schumann.
145. Heads of Dryden, Aetat 33, 59, and 6t ^
in circles, in a rectangle. Stipple.
Hinchliff, sc.
Inscription, below : John Dryden.
146. Bust, in a rectangle, face to right.
Stipple. Sir G. Kneller. H. Robinson.
Inscription, below : John Dryden.
London, Edward Moxon, Dover Street,
1851.
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