[GREAT BRITAIN] [LITERATURE]

The Poet and the Muse.

London: Printed and sold by R. Amy … Mrs. Dodd … and by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1737. First edition of this anonymous poetic dialogue between a poet and his muse. Folio. 16 pp. With the Dublin half-title (Dublin / Printed, and Re-printed in London; and sold by R. Amey [sic]), publisher’s preliminary ad leaf (listing 3 titles), and errata at bottom of the final page. First lines: “Rouse, drowsy Muse, how you / provoke me, / In snoring thus, while I invoke ye!” ESTC T77120. Disbound pamphlet (residue along spine). Very good. Item #69254

Price: $275.00