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The Works of Mr. Abraham Cowley: In Two Volumes. Consisting of Those Which were Formerly Printed; and Those which He Designed for the Press; Published Out of the Author's Original Copies. With the Cutter of Coleman-Street. The Eleventh Edition, Adorned with Cuts.
Cowley, Mr. Abraham · London
- Author
- Cowley, Mr. Abraham
- Date
- 1710
- Place
- London
- Publisher
- Printed for J. Tonson
- Language
- English
- Binding
- 12mo.(4.5" x 7.625") Two volumes with continous pagination. Not only Cowley's Works, but also bound in with separate title pages; The Mistress, or Several Copies of Love-Verses (1710), Pindarique Odes, Written in Imitation of The Stile and Manner of The Odes of Pindar (1710), Davideis, A sacred Poem of The Troubles of David. In Four Books (1707), lastly, Cutter of Coleman-Street. A Comedy, as it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal. Full mottled brown calf bound Cambridge-Style with blindstamp frames and darker leather center to boards. Spines with gilt lettering to red leather in second compartment, gilt vol# to third compartment (directly to leather on Vol.II, to black leather on Vol.I.), all other compartments with gilt decoration of deer or column to both volumes. All edges speckled black and red, dark green endpapers. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with small loss to tips, both upper boards tender, hinges split, still attached. Head and foot of spine lightly chipped with small loss. Evidently repaired split down length of Vol.II spine. Beauitiful original binding to this set of early 1700's literature.All plates accounted for including engraved portraits of Abraham Cowley, Martin Clifford, Thomas Sprat, William DíAvenant, Pindar, Thomas Hobbes and Dr. Scarborough (vol. I) and Dr. Harvey, King Charles II, Mrs. Catherine Philips, John Evelyn Esq., and George Villiers (vol. II) , with engraved folding plate in Vol.I.
- Category
- Literature & Poetry
- Record
- S.I.9993
The Works of Mr. Abraham Cowley: In Two Volumes. Consisting of Those Which were Formerly Printed; and Those which He Designed for the Press; Published Out of the Author's Original Copies. With the Cutter of Coleman-Street. The Eleventh Edition, Adorned with Cuts. Mr. Abraham Cowley. 1710. London: Printed for J. Tonson. 12mo.(4.5" x 7.625") Two volumes with continuous pagination. Not only Cowley's Works, but also bound in with separate title pages; The Mistress, or Several Copies of Love-Verses (1710), Pindarique Odes, Written in Imitation of The Stile and Manner of The Odes of Pindar (1710), Davideis, A sacred Poem of The Troubles of David. In Four Books (1707), lastly, Cutter of Coleman-Street. A Comedy, as it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal. Full mottled brown calf bound Cambridge-Style with blindstamp frames and darker leather center to boards. Spines with gilt lettering to red leather in second compartment, gilt vol# to third compartment (directly to leather on Vol.II, to black leather on Vol.I.), all other compartments with gilt decoration of deer or column to both volumes. All edges speckled black and red, dark green endpapers. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with small loss to tips, both upper boards tender, hinges split, still attached. Head and foot of spine lightly chipped with small loss. Evidently repaired split down length of Vol.II spine. Beautiful original binding to this set of early 1700's literature.All plates accounted for including engraved portraits of Abraham Cowley, Martin Clifford, Thomas Sprat, William DíAvenant, Pindar, Thomas Hobbes and Dr. Scarborough (vol. I) and Dr. Harvey, King Charles II, Mrs. Catherine Philips, John Evelyn Esq., and George Villiers (vol. II) , with engraved folding plate in Vol.I.
Condition
Good
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