first edition Contemporary panelled calf
1713 · London:
by Felton, Henry
London: Printed for Jonah Bowyer, 1713 First edition. Contemporary panelled calf. Twelvemo. Corners rubbed. A fine, unrestored copy. Much of this popular little book is devoted to the author's theories of education in general, and the art of teaching in particular, as well as rhetoric and literary style. There are also remarks on such modern writers as Swift (his favorite), Addison, Dryden, Prior, Milton, Otway, Cowley, and Denham; the preface, which is new to this edition, contains a complimentary reference to Pope as "the ingenious author of the Essay on Criticism." Of particular interest are Felton's remarks on the distinctions between translation, paraphrase, and imitation, distinctions of great concern to poets of the Restoration and early 18th-century.
(Inventory #: 7627)