([Poetry)

Thomas Heyrick. Miscellany Poems. Cambridge: by John Hayes, 1691. Contemporary paneled speckled calf; worn at head. (Wing H1753; ESTC R14466; Hayward 134). provenance: John Wren contemporary gift inscription to blank. acquisition: Seven Gables, 1969. — John Buckingham. An Essay on Poetry. London: For Joseph Hindmarsh, 1682. Uncut. Calf, gilt. (Wing B5339; ESTC R14854). acquisition: Felcone, 2002. — Charles Cotton. Poems on Several Occasions. London: for Tho. Basset, 1689. Contemporary calf. (Wing C6390; ESTC R38825; Hayward 134). provenance: Jennings (Sotheby's, 28 April 1952, lot 133. acquisition: Bernard Quaritch. — Thomas Flatman. Poems and Songs. The Fourth Edition. London: for Benjamin Tooke, 1686. Frontis. Contemporary calf. (Wing F1151, ESTC R7358; Hayward 131). acquisition: Traylen, 1962. — William Walsh. Letters and Poems, Amorous and Gallant.  London: for Jacob Tonson, 1692. Contemporary calf. (Wing W647; ESTC R8169; Hayward 136). acquisition: Peter Murray Hill

Together five volumes, 4to and 8vo, first editions (except where noted). The third title is in very handsome condition and was exhibited at the NBL "English Poetry" exhibition in 1947. The last is rare, with no copies in Huth or Britwell.