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Detailed Entry: Oliver Goldsmith, Esq. The Poetical Works, and Essays . . . .

Author(s) Oliver Goldsmith, Esq.
Unattributed Authorship No
Title The Poetical Works, and Essays . . . .
Place(s) of Publication London
Publisher(s) N. Hailes, John Bumpus, and John Walker
Publication Date 1824
Format 9.5 x 15 cm.
Pagination or volumes iv + 319 [the verse occupies pages 5-100]
Library British Library
Shelfmark 12274.f.16
Comment The half-title to "The Deserted Village" maintains that the poem was first printed in 1769; Friedman, however, asserts that the first date was 26 May, 1770 ("Collected Works," IV, 278).

This edition has been verified by examining the copy in the library with the shelfmark noted above.