• 1682-Flatman’s Poems
• 1630-Francis Quarles First Edition
• 1663-Hudibras First Edition

1682-Flatman’s Poems

Flatman, Thomas. (1637-1688) Poems and Songs. By Thomas Flatman. The Fourth Edition With Additions and Amendments. Me Quoque Vatem Dicunt Pastores, sed non Ego credulous illis. Virgil. London: Printed for Benjamin Tooke, at the Ship in St. Paul’s Church-Yard. 1686Octavo, 7.1 x 4.6 in. Fourth Edition, with sixteen new poems appearing for the first tiem. A8, a-b8, B-K8, L7, M8 (Complete, collating just as the Grolier copy, with the signature L7).

The engraved portrait frontispiece of Flatman which appears for the first time in the third edition is present in this one as well. Bound in contemporary English calf, first 5 signatures have become detached but are present. A very nice bookplate of Edmund Parker of Browsholme in the county York. Also signed ex libris Ann Southhouse with a notation, ’poor Colandon’. First seven (7) pages are loose and disbound, rest are intact. Corners of the covers are bumped with loss of leather on the corners. The book was rebacked at some time. This book has had many owners and several of them have placed their names in the book, the most notable with the book plate of Edward Parker of Browsholme in County of York, Esq.

$500.00

1630-Francis Quarles First Edition

Quarles, Francis. (1592-1644) Divine Poems: Containing The History of Ionah. Ester. Iob. Sions { Sonets. Elegies. An Elegie on Dr. Ailmer, not formerly printed. Written by Fra. Qvarles.
London: Printed for Iohn Marriott, and are to be sold at his Shop in Saint Dunstans Churchyard in Fleetstreet, 1630.

Octavo, mm. First Edition, A-Z8, Aa-Bb8. (lacking the leaf ‘The Minde of the Frontsispiece’ otherwise complete.) The engraved frontispiece of man with an angel on each side is bound before the title. This copy has been washed and trimmed, but is still in very good condition. It has been recently rebound. Rare and very hard to locate. Even with a lacking leaf, this is a great addition to a library and its easy to read!!

$729.00

1663-Hudibras First Edition, First Issue!

Butler, Samuel (1612-1680). Hudibras: The First, Second and Third Parts, 1663, 1664, and 1678. Octavo. Collates in all three sections. Beautiful 19th century binding with the bookplate of Daniel Henry Holmes ‘solus cu illis nunouam’ number 1027 in his library. An exceptionally bright and first edition copies of all three publications bound in an exceptional binding with filigree, gold edging and in exceptional condition. A very rare and unique copy.[2 blank], TP, A3-A8, B8-I8, K8-R8, 2nd TP, B8-I8, K8-O8, P4, 3rd TPA8-I8, K8-R8, S7, [2 Bl].

Hudibras by Samuel Butler. This is an attractive printing of a major edition of Butler’s famous mock epic in octosyllabic couplets, its three parts first published in 1663, 1664, and 1678. Modeled after “Don Quixote,” the work satirizes the hypocrisy and self-seeking of the Presbyterians and Independents, represented by the title character and his squire Ralpho, whose humorous adventures together provide ample opportunity to demonstrate their pedantry, greed, duplicity, and cowardice, as well as the ridiculous nature of their sectarian squabbles. Hudibras was written between 1660 and 1680 and is a satire on the Cromwellians and on the Presbyterian Church written by a confirmed Royalist and Anglican.

$2,500.00