01344cam a2200337 a 4500 191125 20141120162527.0 850828s1760 enk 00000 eng d (OCoLC)ocm07641957 (OCoLC)7641957 (CStRLIN)PAUG85-B30625 (CaOTULAS)121266350 ABB5254 191124 PU PU PR3542.L8 D5 1760c 08/28/85 CT Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773. Dialogues of the dead. Dialogues of the dead. Letter-press Full Work Dialogues of the dead. Dialogues (verso) of the dead (recto) Dublin : Printed by Oli. Nelson, in Skinner-Row. M,DCC,LX. 1760 xii, 320 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo) Duodecimo Published anonymously. By George Lyttelton, Baron Lyttelton, with the exception of the last three dialogues which are by Elizabeth Montagu. Cf. Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.) Bookplate-"Library of the University of Pennsylvania Given through the friends of the Library of the University of Pennsylvania by Mrs. John Frederick Lewis." Elaborate inscription monogram on the recto of the first leaf. Misspelling and/or lack of pluralization in the running title: Dialogue, Diagloues, and Dialouges instead of Dialogues (p.32, 56, 90, 142, 224, 256) Library-related marginalia (numbers and letters in pencil). Title page (verso); first leaf of the preface (recto); last leaf of the text (verso). The preface elevates and makes explicit the dialogues' fictionalization and dramatization of conversations between historical figures: "...Dialogues written by Mr. Hurde are all supposed to have past between living persons. The plans I have followed takes in a much greater compass: it brings before us the history of all times and all nations, presents to the choice of the writer all characters of remarkable persons, which may best be opposed to or compared with each other; and is, perhaps, one of the most agreeable methods, that can be employed, of conveying to the mind any critical, moral, or political observations, because the dramatic spirit, which may be thrown into them, gives them more life, than they could have in dissertations, however well written." A small design appears at the end of most dialogues; however, it is unclear whether or not they are booksellers' marks or more intentional illustrations. ESTC (RLIN) T78376 Preface "Preface" "Front" "Lucian among the Ancients, and among the Moderns Fenelon, Arch-bishop of Cambray, and Monsieur Fontenelle, have written Dialogues of the Dead with applause." Table of contents "Contents" Front Provides list of Dialogues. Notes Middle These notes direct the reader to relevant information and are scattered throughout the dialogues in the second half of the book. A characteristic note — and also the first to appear in this text — reads "See Plutarch's Life of Antony" (Page 139) and is found in a dialogue between "Octavia - Portia - Arria". Octavia, of course, was the sister of Octavian, the future Augustus Caesar, and was married off to Marc Antony. Footnote Preface This footnote provides a translation of the Italian which the author quotes in the preface. The footnote reads as follows: "If I have named Fate, Fortune, Destiny, Elysium, Styx, &c. they are only the Sports of a poetical Pen, not the Sentiments of a Catholick Mind." (Page vii) Footnote Middle "N.B. This can't be properly called a Dialogue of the Dead; but there is one of the same kind among Cambray's Dialogues, between Ulysses and his companion Grillus, when turned to a Boar by the Enchantments of Circe, and two or three others, supposed to have passed between Persons alive." (Page 31) Dramatic dialogue Pencil Words Numbers First leaf of preface (recto): "[Illegible] 1st baron, 1709-1773". Ink Words Illegible; possibly the inscription of a name. Author (text) Generic/Descriptive "If they should offend any pious or critical Ears, I shall defend myself by the solemn Declaration which is always annexed, by the Italian Writers to Works, where they are obliged to use such Expressions..." Preface Indeterminate Male Author (text) Generic/Descriptive "The three last Dialogues are written by a different Hand; as I am afraid would have appeared but too plainly to the Reader without my having told it." Preface Indeterminate Female This "friend" and author of "three last Dialogues" is known to be Elizabeth Robinson Montagu. CHR 1760 PRO Burr, Charles W. (Charles Walts), 1861- (donor) PRO Collins, Zaccheus (Autograph) Montagu, Elizabeth Robinson, 1720-1800 Author (text) Authorized Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron 1709-1773 Author (text) Authorized Nelson, Oliver -1775 Printed by Authorized Printed by Oli. Nelson, in Skinner-Row. Printed by Authorized Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania) PU Early Novels University of Pennsylvania England London. RBC \\Singer-\Menden-\hall\ 08/28/85 C RBC 1 726659 Ex libris: Collins, Zaccheus g. Dr. Charles W. Burr 08/28/85 C Dialogue Dead KGP 6/4/15 Haverford College IEH