The Works of Dionysius Longinus, on the Sublime: or, a Treatise concerning the Sovereign Perfection of Writing. Translated from the Greek. With some Remarks on the English Poets. By Mr. Welsted

Book Description

London: Printed for Sam. Briscoe, 1712. xiv, 192pp., 8vo. An excellent copy in handsome calf antique, gilt, by Philip Dusel. First edition of this translation with, at the end, an original essay in which Welsted discusses the ideas of Longinus applied to English poetry, particularly Shakespeare, Milton, Dryden, Cowley and Waller. Alston, Bibliography of the English Language, VI, 123.

Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.