(Poetry)

Alexander, William, Lord Stirling.  Recreations with the Muses.  London: Tho. Harper, 1637. Folio. First edition. (STC 347). provenance: Robert William Duff (armorial bookplate) — [Wild, Robert]. Iter Boreale. Attempting something upon the successful and Matchless March of the Lord General George Monck, from Scotland to London, the last Winter. London: for George Thomason, 1660. 4to, 8 leaves.  (Wing W2132C) — [Wilmot, John, Earl of Rochester]. A Satyr against Mankind. [London, 1675?]. Folio, 2 leaves. First edition. (Wing R1759) — [Pococke, Edward]. an Answer to The Satyr against Mankind. [London, 1679]. Folio, 2 leaves. First edition. (Wing P2659A) — [Wilmot]. The Enjoyment. London, 1679.  Folio, 2 leaves. First edition. (Wing R1742). provenance: Oliver Brett, Viscount Esher (bookplate) — Blackmore, Richard. Prince Arthur. An Heroick Poem. In Ten Books. London: for Awnsham and John Churchil, 1695.  Folio. First edition. Wing B3080 — Oldmixon, John. Poems on Several Occasions, Written in imitation of the manner of Anacreon. London: for R. Parker, 1696. 8vo. First edition. (Wing O261).

Together, 7 volumes, all from the collection of H. Bradley Martin (Sotheby's New York, 1 May 1990, lot 3096). Various bndings (Pococke disbound). 

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