Hudibras. In Three Parts. Written at the Time of the Late Wars. Corrected and Amended: With Additions. To which is added Annotations, with an Exact Index of the Whole. Adorn'd with a new Set of Cuts, Design'd and Engrav'd by Mr. Hogarth.
London. D. Browne,. 1726. 1st Edition. 24mo, 14.8cm, [xiv],15-142, [1],127-244, 269-424,(8)pp., ie 8p. index, engraved frontis portrait & 14 engraved plates (3 folding); (so 15 of 16? plates; 1 folding plate (p.364) wanting one panel), in modern plain full sheep, binding amateurishly applied, chipped on page 89 slightly affecting text, plates and text foxed and worn, new paper label, a good working copy (lt). ~ An early edition of Samuel Butler's satirical poem on Puritanism first published in three parts, 1663 to 1678. This is the first edition that includes the Hogarth illustrations and is the edition used by Dr. Johnson in his Dictionary. Item #29696
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