Hudibras, in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars
by BUTLER, Samuel
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: T. Bensley, et al., 1801. Hardcover. Annotations and preface by Zachary Grey. Complete 2-volume set. 8vo. Quarter dark green calf with gilt spine rules and lettering and marbled paper over boards. lii, 436pp; 446pp, (15pp), (1p ad). All edges marbled. Frontispiece, woodcuts, 17 full-page engraved plates. Very good. Faint edgewear; occasional foxing throughout text ranging from mild to moderate. A tight, clean and most handsome set of this edition of the once-renowned book-length poetry parody of Puritanism, originally published between 1663 and 1678. The engraved plates by Ridley after WilliamHogarth are complete and lovely, as are the woodcuts by Thomas Bewick's pupil Charles Nesbitt.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40089
- Title
- Hudibras, in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars
- Author
- BUTLER, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- T. Bensley, et al.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1801
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Poetry;
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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
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- Tight
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- Edges
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- Calf
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- Gilt
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....