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Joseph Spence

(Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768)

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• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: Academie des graces / (A Paris [i.e. The Hague?] : Aux dépens de la Société, 1755), also by Louis-César de La Baume Le Blanc La Vallière (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men / (London : J. R. Smith, 1858), ed. by Samuel Weller Singer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men : collected from the conversation of Mr. Pope, and other eminent persons of his time / (London : W.H. Carpenter... ;and Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh, 1820), also by W. H. pbl Carpenter, Isaac Whood, Thomas Bragg, Samuel Weller Singer, and Archibald Constable & Co. pbl (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men. Collected from the conversation of Mr. Pope and other eminent persons of his time. (London, J. R. Smith, 1858), ed. by Samuel Weller Singer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men. Collected from the conversation of Mr. Pope and other eminent persons of his time. (London, W.H. Carpenter; [etc., etc.], 1820), also by Samuel Weller Singer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: Crito: or, A dialogue on beauty. (London : Printed for R. Dodsley and sold by M. Cooper, 1752) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: Crito: or, A dialogue on beauty. (Dublin, G. Faulkner, 1752) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: Crito, or, A dialogue on beauty / (Edinburgh ; Privately printed, 1885), also by Edmund Goldsmid (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: An essay on Mr. Pope's Odyssey. In five dialogues. (London, Printed for S. Wilmot, bookseller in Oxford, and sold by S. Birt, in Ave-Mary Lane, and T. Longman in Pater-noster Row, 1726) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: An essay on Pope's Odyssey: in which some particular beauties and blemishes of that work are consider'd. ([London] : Printed for James and J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, W. and J. Innys, J. Wyatt, D. Midwinter, London: and S. Wilmot, Oxford, 1726-27) (HTML at ECCO TCP)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: An essay on Pope's Odyssey: in which some particular beauties and blemishes of that work are consider'd. ... (London, Printed for J. and J. Knapton [etc.] and S. Wilmot, bookseller in Oxford, 1726-27) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: Fugitive pieces on various subjects. (London, Printed for J. Dodsley, 1771), also by Henry PRO Davies, John Gilbert Cooper, Paul Hentzner, Charles Whitworth, Nathaniel Lancaster, and William Hay, ed. by Robert Dodsley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: Fugitive pieces, on various subjects. (London, Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1761), also by Robert Dodsley, Paul Hentzner, Charles Whitworth Whitworth, Nathaniel Lancaster, William Hay, and Jean Denis Attiret (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: A guide to classical learning, or, Polymetis abridged ... : being a work absolutely necessary, not only for the right understanding of the classics, but also for forming in young minds a true taste for the beauties of poetry, sculpture, and painting / (London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall , MDCCLXXVII [1777]), also by James Dodsley and N. Tindal (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: A guide to classical learning, or, Polymetis abridged ... : being a work necessary not only for classical instruction, but for all those who wish to have a true taste for the beauties of poetry, sculpture and painting / (London : Printed for R. Horsfield, in Ludgate-Street, and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXV [1765]), also by Paul Fourdrinier, James Dodsley, R. Horsfield, and N. Tindal (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: A guide to classical learning; or, Polymetis abriged ... Being a work necessary not only for classical instruction, but for all those who wish to have a true taste for the beauties of poetry, sculpture, and painting. (London, J. Dodsley [etc.], 1764), trans. by N. Tindal (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: Le miroir des belles femmes, ou, L'art de relever par les graces les charmes de la beauté; (A Paris, Chez Dubroca, libraire, an XI--1803), also by D***. trl (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: Miscellanea Virgiliana, (Cambridge, Printed for W. P. Grant;, 1825), also by Philip Wentworth Buckham, John Jortin, William Warburton, and E. Holdsworth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: Miscellanea Virgiliana, in scriptis maxime eruditorum virorum varie dispersa, in unum fasciculum collecta. (Cambridge, Printed for W. P. Grant; sold by R. Priestley [etc.] London, 1825), also by John Jortin, William Warburton, and E. Holdsworth, ed. by Philip Wentworth Buckham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: Observations, anecdotes, and characters, of books and men. (London : J. Murray, 1820), also by Edmond Malone (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: A parallel ; in the manner of Plutarch: between a most celebrated man of Florence; and one, scarce ever heard of, in England / (Strawberry-Hill : Printed by W. Robinson; and sold by Messieurs Dodsley, Pall-Mall; for the benefit of Mr. Hill, 1758), also by London Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: Poems by Mr. Thomas Blacklock. To which is prefix'd, An account of the life, character, and writings of the author, (London, Printed for the author, by R. and J. Dodsley, M.DCC.LVI), also by Thomas Blacklock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: Poems by Mr. Thomas Blacklock. To which is prefix'd, An account of the life, character, and writings of the author, (London, Printed for the author, by R. and J. Dodsley, M.DCC.LVI), also by Thomas Blacklock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: Poems on several occasions. (London, Printed for J. Rivington [etc.], 1764), also by Stephen Duck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: Polymetis, or, An enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists : being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another : in ten books / (London : Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLV [1755]), also by George Vertue, Isaac Whood, Camillo Paderni, Louis-Philippe Boitard, and R. and J. Dodsley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: Polymetis, or, An enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists : being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another / (London : R. Dodsley, 1747) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: Spence's "Anecdotes, observations, and characters of books and men." A selection, edited, with an introduction and notes, (London : W. Scott, [1890]), also by John Underhill (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: Spence's Polymetis abridged, or, A guide to classical learning : being an inquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets and the remains of the ancient artists / (London : Printed for J. Johnson, 1802), also by N. Tindal (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: The works of Virgil. In English verse. The Aeneid (London, Printed for R. and Vergilius Maro, Publius. The works of Virgil., 1763. and J. Dodsley, 1763), also by Virgil, Francis Atterbury, William Whitehead, William Warburton, E. Holdsworth, Joseph Warton, and Christopher Pitt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768: The works of Virgil, in Latin and English. The original text correctly printed from the most authentic editions, collated for this purpose. (London, Printed for R. Dodsley, 1753), also by Virgil, E. Holdsworth, Francis Atterbury, William Whitehead, William Warburton, and Joseph Warton, trans. by Christopher Pitt (page images at HathiTrust)

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