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Published by Typis E. Flesher. Prostant apud R. Royston, Londini [i.e. London], 1678
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Add to basketFirst edition. [8], 238pp, [2]. With a terminal blank leaf. Contemporary blind-ruled sheep. Heavily rubbed, marked, minute worm-hole to lower joint. Hinges exposed, later inked and pencilled ownership inscriptions to FEP, very light marginal dampstaining. The first edition of the first English anthology of neo-Latin verse. The c…ollection contains several poems by William Dillingham (1617-1689), including 'Sphaeristerium Suleianum', inspired by the Earl of Westmorland's bowling green, as well as a plethora of translations from Church of England clergyman George Herbert (1593- 1633). ESTC R17058, Wing D1484. Size: 8vo.
