Accession number
PML 145988-90
Creator
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Published
London : Printed by T. Rickaby, for Benjamin and John White, Fleet-Street, 1793.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Consists of the text of Butler's Hudibras in 2 pts. [i.e. v. 1, pts. 1 & 2, bound separately and paged consecutively], followed by "Notes on Hudibras" by Dr. T. Nash, in 2 pts [bound together and paged consecutively].
Vol. 2 has letterpress t.p., with imprint: Printed by T. Rickaby, for Benjamin and John White, Fleet-Street.
Vol. 1 & 3 lack general title-page.
Added engraved t.p.'s with vignettes in v. 1 & 2; letterpress t.p. with engraved vignette in v. 3.
Illustrated with 27 prints and vignettes by James Ross, chiefly after designs by Hogarth.
Added engraved t.p.'s of v. 1 & 2 read Hudibras, tom. I. [pt.] I and tom. I. [pt.] II; t.p. of v. 3 read: Notes on Hudibras, tom. I and tom. II.
200 copies were issued, some with the engravings in black and some in red; this copy has the illustrations in red.
Vol. 2 has letterpress t.p., with imprint: Printed by T. Rickaby, for Benjamin and John White, Fleet-Street.
Vol. 1 & 3 lack general title-page.
Added engraved t.p.'s with vignettes in v. 1 & 2; letterpress t.p. with engraved vignette in v. 3.
Illustrated with 27 prints and vignettes by James Ross, chiefly after designs by Hogarth.
Added engraved t.p.'s of v. 1 & 2 read Hudibras, tom. I. [pt.] I and tom. I. [pt.] II; t.p. of v. 3 read: Notes on Hudibras, tom. I and tom. II.
200 copies were issued, some with the engravings in black and some in red; this copy has the illustrations in red.
Description
3 v. (xxxix, 678, viii; 495, xviii p.) : ill., ports. ; 30 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Red morocco tooled in gilt by C. Hering, with his ticket.
Classification
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