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Published by London: Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman (Part I); Printed by T. H. for T. Sawbrudge, R. Bentley and G. Wells (Part II); Printed for Robert Horne (Part III)., 1684
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Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United KingdomLouis88Books (Members of the PBFA)
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. London: Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman (Part I); Printed by T. H. for T. Sawbrudge, R. Bentley and G. Wells (Part II); Printed for Robert Horne (Part III), 1684 First Edition Thus. This is the first edition with the three parts published together; originally published in 1663 (Part… I), 1664 (Part II) and 1678 (Part III). Recently rebound in full leather with gilt titles to a dark brown calf label, text block tight and intact, pages tanned with some minor foxing. Hole to the margin of page 19/20 of Part III without loss to the text. Part I 1-221, [1]pp; Part II 223-412pp; Part III 254pp. Hudibras is a vigorous satirical poem, written in a mock-heroic style by Samuel Butler (16131680), and first published in three parts in 1663, 1664 and 1678. The action is set in the last years of the Interregnum, around 165860, immediately before the restoration of Charles II as king in May 1660. The story shows Hudibras, a knight and colonel in the Parliamentary army, being regularly defeated, sometimes by the skills and courage of women, and ends with a witty and detailed declaration that women are superior to men. Provenance: no bookplates or signatures. Approximately 7 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition gilt titles and decoration to gilt lined label, gilt lined raised bands to plain compartments. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition. Boards very good condition blind stamped tooling. Page edges good condition all red, top edges slightly darkened. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition sound and strong. Paste downs very good condition new paste downs. End papers good condition tanned end papers. Title good condition lightly tanned, minor foxing. Pages good condition tanning and foxing, hole to the margin of page 19/20 of Part III without loss to the text. Binding good condition attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1684 Binding: Hardback.
Published by London printed for Simon Miller at the sign of the Star at the West End of St. Pauls, 1678
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Seller: Christopher Edwards ABA ILAB, Henley-on-Thames, OXON, United KingdomChristopher Edwards ABA ILAB
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Add to basketTwo works in one volume, 8vo, pp. [ii], 206, 189-202, [2] blank; [ii], 223-412; [ii], 285, [1] blank, [1] errata; complete despite erroneous pagination; MS notes to the text of first part (see below); a bit browned throughout, but sound; in contemporary panelled calf, a little worn but sound, with old repairs to joints. First co…llected edition of parts I and II, and first edition of part III. Hudibras was perhaps the single most widely-read poem of the Restoration period, and in both this revised edition of the first and second parts, and the first edition of the third part, we have Butler's final text of the work: these are the texts followed by John Wilders in his standard modern edition of the poem (Oxford, 1967). Wing B6312 and B6314; see Wilders' edition, nos. C1 and D1 (pp. li-liii). Provenance. Early MS ownership inscription on endpaper 'Ed: Bunting', with a transcription of six lines from the first part (p. 18), and a translation of the same by 'Dr Harman' into Latin. Throughout the text of parts I-II, the same hand has noted textual differences between this edition and the previous ones (those designated 'A' and 'B' editions by Wilders). I cannot trace any Edward or Edmund Bunting as early as this signature (it cannot, surely, be the Irish collector of folk music, 1773-1843), but he seems to have been very diligent in comparing texts.
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Published by Printed by F. G. for Richard Marriot; Printed by T. R. for John Martyn and James Allestry; Printed for Simon Miller, London, 1678
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Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
Contact seller4-star seller8vo. 1st Edition. First edition, first issue, a large paper copy. 8vo. The first and second part of Hudibras were first printed in 1663; the third part first appeared in 1678. The three parts were not issued together until 1684, then again in 1689'. Grolier English 32 (FIRST PART); Hayward 113; Wing B6300, B6309, B6313 Original…contemporary brown sheep, laid into a brown cloth drop box, hinge split. With the Seth Sprague and Ward E. Terry Bookplates First edition, first issue, a large paper copy.
