[Rarebooks] fa: SAMUEL BUTLER - HUDIBRAS 1678 - Parts 1, 2 & 3 in Morocco binding

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

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Ardwight Chamberlain
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[Samuel Butler:] Hudibras, The First and Second Parts. Written in the Time of the Late Wars. Corrected and Amended, with Several Additions and Annotations. London: Printed by T. N. for John Martyn and Henry Harringman, 1678. [BOUND WITH:] Hudibras. The Third and last Part. Written by the Author of the First and Second Parts. London: Printed for Simon Miller, 1678. Two volumes in one; small 8vo (18 cm) bound in later, but not recent, full navy blue morocco, spine tooled in gilt; [2],206,189-202,[2],223-412 p. (erratic pagination, as called for); [2],285,[1] p. ESTC R12254, R5481; Wing B6312, B6314.

Early (second) editions of all three parts of Samuel Butler's classic verse satire, one of the most popular and often reprinted works of the eighteenth century. Modest rubbing and soiling to the binding with some bumping and wear to the extremities; vol. I title-page soiled and laid down; lacking the blank leaf between parts 1 and 2; some browning and occasional light damp-stains to vol. I; early/original owner's manuscript additions/corrections to title-page and one page of the text; otherwise quite clean and sound, firmly bound.