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[MONCK, née MOLESWORTH ( the Hon. Mary )]. Marinda. Poems and translations upon several occasions. P

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[MONCK, née MOLESWORTH ( the Hon. Mary )]. Marinda. Poems and translations upon several occasions. P

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Auction Date:2012 Oct 20 @ 11:00 (UTC+1)
Location:38 Molesworth Street, Dublin, Dublin, ., Ireland
[MONCK, née MOLESWORTH ( the Hon. Mary )]. Marinda. Poems and translations upon several occasions. Printed by J. Tonson, 1716FIRST EDITION, pages (52), 156, (4, advertisements), 8vo, contemporary calf, gilt spine, label supplied : with a watermark of a single letter 'C' and the contemporary signature of E.Portland on the title-page : a nice copy.Mrs Monck (1677?-1715), daughter of Robert, first Viscount Molesworth, the republican Whig and Irish patriot to whom Swift dedicated the fifth of his Drapiers' Letters. This posthumous collection of her verses, her only publication, was published by her father with a lengthy dedication to Princess Caroline in which he deplores the modern women ‘who think they show themselves the better Bred, by how much more they approach to, and imitate the Rakish Wilder sort of Gentlemen in the excessive love of Gaming, Snuff-taking, Habit, and a Modish Neglect of their Husbands, Children and Families …’ She had taught herself Latin, Spanish and Italian and the collection of 63 poems includes translations from Tasso, Della Casa, Guarini, Quevedo, Marino and Petrarch, with the originals on facing pages.ENGLISH LITERATURE; VERSE; ENGLISH PRE 1801; WOMEN WRITERS; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;