- 204
Cowley, Abraham
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- Three Works
- printed book
In various formats, includes the first edition of a play by Cowley as well the first collected edition of his poems.
The Guardian; A Comedie. London: Printed for John Holden, 1650. 4to. Uncut, 19th-century polished speckled calf gilt; upper board nearly detached. First edition, second issue with "Charles" spelled "Charls" and "Colledge" spelled "Colledg" on the title-page, signature A is a cancel (Wing C6673; ESTC R224766; Greg 693(aii); Pforzheimer 225). provenance: Thomas Jefferson McKee; Harold Greenhill; Sotheby's, 1 May 1990, lot 2733. acquisition: Purchased at foregoing sale through Ximenes. — Poems. London: Printed [by Thomas Newcombe] for Humphrey Moseley, 1656. Folio. General title, separate dated title-pages for The Mistress, Pindarique Odes, and Davideis with separate paginations and registers, errata on b4r. Contemporary calf; several old scrapes to upper board. First collected edition (Wing C6683; ESTC R16216; Pforzheimer 233). provenance: Vincent Henry Stanton. — Verses, Lately Written Upon Several Occasions. London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1663. 8vo. Title within ornamental border; short tear on lower margin of C2, long tear cutting through a dozen lines of verse on D2. Contemporary calf; a few old gouges. A reissue, with cancel title-page of: Verses, Written Upon Several Occasions (Wing C6693; ESTC R38829). provenance: Anthony Fair.
The Guardian; A Comedie. London: Printed for John Holden, 1650. 4to. Uncut, 19th-century polished speckled calf gilt; upper board nearly detached. First edition, second issue with "Charles" spelled "Charls" and "Colledge" spelled "Colledg" on the title-page, signature A is a cancel (Wing C6673; ESTC R224766; Greg 693(aii); Pforzheimer 225). provenance: Thomas Jefferson McKee; Harold Greenhill; Sotheby's, 1 May 1990, lot 2733. acquisition: Purchased at foregoing sale through Ximenes. — Poems. London: Printed [by Thomas Newcombe] for Humphrey Moseley, 1656. Folio. General title, separate dated title-pages for The Mistress, Pindarique Odes, and Davideis with separate paginations and registers, errata on b4r. Contemporary calf; several old scrapes to upper board. First collected edition (Wing C6683; ESTC R16216; Pforzheimer 233). provenance: Vincent Henry Stanton. — Verses, Lately Written Upon Several Occasions. London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1663. 8vo. Title within ornamental border; short tear on lower margin of C2, long tear cutting through a dozen lines of verse on D2. Contemporary calf; a few old gouges. A reissue, with cancel title-page of: Verses, Written Upon Several Occasions (Wing C6693; ESTC R38829). provenance: Anthony Fair.
Condition
In various formats, includes the first edition of a play by Cowley as well the first collected edition of his poems.
The Guardian; A Comedie. London: Printed for John Holden, 1650. 4to. Uncut, 19th-century polished speckled calf gilt; upper board nearly detached. First edition, second issue with "Charles" spelled "Charls" and "Colledge" spelled "Colledg" on the title-page, signature A is a cancel (Wing C6673; ESTC R224766; Greg 693(aii); Pforzheimer 225). provenance: Thomas Jefferson McKee; Harold Greenhill; Sotheby's, 1 May 1990, lot 2733. acquisition: Purchased at foregoing sale through Ximenes. Poems. London: Printed [by Thomas Newcombe] for Humphrey Moseley, 1656. Folio. General title, separate dated title-pages for The Mistress, Pindarique Odes, and Davideis with separate paginations and registers, errata on b4r. Contemporary calf; several old scrapes to upper board. First collected edition (Wing C6683; ESTC R16216; Pforzheimer 233). provenance: Vincent Henry Stanton. Verses, Lately Written Upon Several Occasions. London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1663. 8vo. Title within ornamental border; short tear on lower margin of C2, long tear cutting through a dozen lines of verse on D2. Contemporary calf; a few old gouges. A reissue, with cancel title-page of: Verses, Written Upon Several Occasions (Wing C6693; ESTC R38829). provenance: Anthony Fair.
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