Hudibras, In Three Parts. (Vol. II only)

[BUTLER, Samuel]; GREY, Zachary; BACON, Montagu

Published by John Exshaw, Dublin, 1757

About this Item

414, [18], 23 p. 20 cm. B&w engraved plates. Full leather with Trinity College Dublin stamps on cover. Corners worn, rear coat of arms scuffed, vertical streaks on spine, no spine label. Spine tail chipped and bottom parts of hinges separating. Front pastedown mostly missing, no front free endpaper. Ink signature for Frances Middleton on title page. Fold-out plate across from p. 315 is partly missing. Pages darkened. Title continues: "Written in the Time of the Late Wars: Corrected and Amended. With Large Annotations, and a Preface. To this Edition are added, Critical, Historical and Explanatory Notes, By Way of Supplement, not in any former Edition. By Zachary Grey, LL.D. To the Whole is prefixed, A Dissertation upon Burlesque Poetry. By the late Learned, and Ingenious Montagu Bacon, Esq; And an Appendix; In which is a Translation of Part of the First Canto of the First Book into Latin Doggerel.".

Seller Inventory # 134159

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hudibras, In Three Parts. (Vol. II only)
• Publisher: John Exshaw, Dublin
• Publication Date: 1757
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry