Hudibras, in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars
Published by Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe . and Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London, 1806
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Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB
AbeBooks seller since May 9, 2012
Condition: Used - Near fine
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2 vol. 8vo. [3], ii-lii, [3], 56-500; [5], 4-476 pp. Full early twentieth-century polished dyed and patterned calf with the spines in six compartments, a green and a purple morocco label lettered in gold on each spine, three gold borders on each board, gold decorations on the boards' edges and turn-ins; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. A green silk-ribbon bookmark bound in each volume. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns are contemporary with the binding. Bound by Root & Son. Volume one illustrated with a frontispiece and eight color plates, volume two with a folding color frontispiece and with seven color plates. Both volumes with several in-text engravings. With annotations and a preface by Zachary Grey. Encyclopedia Britannica, "Hudibras: poem by Buter". Butler remains one of the pre-eminent English satirists in the canon. His work Hudibras makes beautiful use of metre while also delivering stinging criticism to radical Puritanical beliefs and ideas. The burlesque style and narrative set-up can be traced in part to de Scarron and to Cervantes. Hudibras was originally published in the late seventeenth century, and was wildly popular in its day. This is a beautiful set of a brilliant satire, with bright and attractive color plates. A small name plate on each front pastedown, overall a sparkling set.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Hudibras, in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars
- Author
- Butler, Samuel
- Publisher
- Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe . and Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London
- Publication year
- 1806
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- Later edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry
Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB
Madison, WI, U.S.A.
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