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Poems, &c. / written by Mr. Ed. Waller of Beckonsfield, Esquire, lately a member of the Honourable House of Commons ; and printed by a copy of his own hand-writing ; all the lyrick poems in this booke were set by Mr. Henry Lavves, Gent. of the Kings Chappell, and one of his Majesties private musick ; printed and published according to order.

Accession number
PML 38496
Creator
Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687.
Published
London : Printed by I.N. for Hu[mphrey] Mosley, at the Princes Armes in Pauls Churchyard, 1645.
Notes
"If any of the four editions published in 1645 can be said to have been authorized by Waller, this is certainly the one ..."--Grolier Club.
Contains Epistle to my lady (a2[superscript a]A3[superscript b]) An advertisement to the reader (A4[superscript a-b]) and Waller's speeches in Parliament, 20 p. at end.
Fourth ed.
Signatures: A⁴, B-M⁸, N⁴, O⁸, P⁴ - P[superscript 3-4] blanks, P3 present and genuine, P4 missing; pagination within () begins with (1) on B1[superscript a] and ends correctly on N2 with (180); pagination resumed on 01[superscript a] with (1) and ends on P2[superscript b] with (20) some leaves untrimmed.
Description
180, [4], 20 p.
Provenance
With the Huth and John D. Lewis bookplates; from the James H. Pershing collection (sale 26 Nov. 1945, item 315 at Parke-Bernet Galleries).
Binding
Light red morocco, gilt.
Classification
Department