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"Pretended" Reprint of Ancient Poetry

By JAMES TAYLOR. (Newick. Formerly of Blackfriars Road.)

*"Pretended" Reprint of Ancient Poetry*, in J. Taylor's Catalogue of 1824 (Vol. ii., p. 463.), replied to by Cato (Vol. ii., p. 500.). —My attention has been drawn to the above, wherein doubts have been raised as to the existence of a volume supposed to be UNIQUE; and criticisms follow on my note, which records the fact, that "only TWO COPIES were reprinted." Cato has already stated that the reprinting the TWO COPIES was at the expense of the late Rev. Peter Hall; and ONE COPY produced at his sale twenty shillings: the other copy bore the impress of Mr. Davidson, a highly respectable printer;…

Topics: Ancient Poetry, Reprinting, Literature