The library of the old English prose writers

Published by Hilliard and Brown, Cambridge, 1831

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8 (of 9) volumes, 8vo; contemporary blue-green cloth, paper spine labels (quite browned), spine of Vol. I toned, light uniform wear to edges and corners; endpages a bit spotted, else a very good set, albeit lacking Vol IV. Each volume with additional title page. Works include Thomas Fuller's "The Holy and Profane States" (American Imprints 7200); Sir Philip Sidney's "The Defence of Poesy" and John Selden's "Table-Talk" (American Imprints 9189); Sir Thomas Browne's "Miscellaneous Works" (American Imprints 6323); Izaak Walton's "The Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert, and Sanderson," in 2 volumes; Hugh Latimer's "Select Sermons"; "Selections from the Works of Jeremy Taylor" (American Imprints 21442); and Sir Thomas More's "Utopia: and history of King Richard III" (American Imprints 25827).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The library of the old English prose writers
• Publisher: Hilliard and Brown, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1831
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • English Literature
  • Bindings