[Rarebooks] FS: Samuel Butler. Hudibras. Editon of 200. Hogarth Illus. [THREE VOLUMES]

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Butler, Samuel; Towneley, John, trans. HUDIBRAS. A POEM WRITTEN IN 
THE TIME OF THE CIVIL WARS. ADORNED WITH CUTS. HUDIBRAS. POEME ECRIT 
DANS LE TEMS DE TROUBLES D'ANGLETERRE ET TRADUIT EN VERS FRANCOIS. 
AVEC DES REMARQUES & DES FIGURES. [Three Volumes]. London / Londres, 
1757. [vi], [x], 365 pp., [1]; [iv], 480 pp., [1]; [iv[, 365 pp., 
[1]. Illus. with 14 plates (3 folding). Sm. 8vo. Quarter brown 
morocco over marbled paper-covered boards. Gilt titles and 
decorations to spine, sewn in bookmarks, marbled endpapers.  First 
edition.

Translation is by John Towneley, a close friend of Voltaire's. 
Remarques at the end of each volume are by Henry Larcher. The plates 
are copied from the original Hogarth illustrations of 1726. Vol. 1 
has date incorrectly M.MCC.LVII on English title-page. See Lowndes 
"Bibliographer's Manual" (p. 336): "This masterly translation was 
made by John Towneley and not by Col. Francis Towneley as generally 
reported," and noted in pencil by an earlier bookseller on the 
prelims. This is the issue of only 200 copies. Scarce.

Boards and spines rubbed, some loss of paper at the corners, tiny 
chip to head of spine on one volume, leaves clean, bindings tight, a 
good+ to very good set. Uncommon.  Lowndes: p.336; Cohen-De Ricci 
(Rev.), p.196.  $500.00  [25347]

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