Description: Hudibras. In Three Parts. Written in the Time of the Late Wars. Corrected and Amended: with Additions. To which is added, Annotations, With an exact Index to the Whole, Adorn’d with a new Set of Cuts, Design’d and Engrav’d by Mr. Hogart, Printed for D. Midwinter, London, 1739, 6.5 x 4”, full original leather, 12mo. In as-is condition. Front board is detached, rear board remains intact by just a few thread. Spine split down center and is disconnected. Bookplate of “J. Manning, Book-sellers, in Launceston” on front paste down. Text block lightly toned with minor foxing. All fold-out plates in good working order. Binding shaken. Binding copy. Please see photos. With nine rococo, baroque era plates, four folding by William Hogarth. William Hogarth FRSA was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist. Hudibras is an English mock-heroic narrative poem from the 17th century written by Samuel Butler. Published in the aftermath of the English Civil War, it is a scathing satire of Puritanism and the Parliamentarian cause from a Royalist perspective. FORN-Shelf-563-variant-2
Price: 200 USD
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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Binding: Leather
Place of Publication: London
Language: English
Author: Samuel Butler
Publisher: D. Midwinter
Topic: Poetry
Subject: Poetry
Year Printed: 1739
Original/Facsimile: Original