Accession number
PML 195361
Creator
Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667.
Published
London : Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1688.
Credit line
Purchase: Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2010.
Notes
Printer identified as John Macock. Cf. Wing.
Frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by W. Faithorne.
"The mistress", "Pindarique odes", and "Davideis, a sacred poem", have special title-pages dated 1687.
Library's copy imperfect: lacking the 8 p. table at the end of the text and the commendatory verses at the beginning.
Frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by W. Faithorne.
"The mistress", "Pindarique odes", and "Davideis, a sacred poem", have special title-pages dated 1687.
Library's copy imperfect: lacking the 8 p. table at the end of the text and the commendatory verses at the beginning.
Description
[59], 41, 80, [2], 70, 154, 23, 148 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 31 cm.
Inscriptions/Markings
With marks and annotations in pencil attributed to Samuel Palmer. Cf. Lister.
Provenance
Bookplates of John Burgh of Grays Inn, Middlesex; Kenneth Clark, Saltwood; and Pamela and Raymond Lister; from the libraries of Samuel Palmer, with his annotations, and Graham Sutherland; purchased from Quaritch catalog 1388 (item 73), 2009.
Binding
Contemporary calf, rebacked.
Classification
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