Randolph, Thomas

Three parts in one volume, 4to (7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.; 191 x 140 mm). General title within double-ruled border, A1r reads "inestimable," "The Muses Looking-Glasse" with separate dated title-page, register and pagination, "Amyntas" with separated dated title-page and pagination but register is continuous with "The Muses Looking-Glasse"; some worming in gutter throughout, occasional browning. Contemporary speckled calf, paneled in blind, smooth spine, red lettering piece, plain endpapers, edges stained red; front endpapers loose, upper hinge starting from text block, joints rubbed.  

Shadwell Court Library (armorial bookplate) — John C. Clawson (morocco label; Anderson, 29 November 1920, lot 362) — E. Hubert Litchfield (armorial bookplate; Parke-Bernet, 4 December 1951, lot 762) — David and Lulu  Borowitz (library label; Sotheby Parke Bernet, 15 November 1977, lot 199). acquisition: Purchased at foregoing sale through Seven Gables

STC 20694; ESTC S115618; Hayward 74;  Pforzheimer 828

Three parts in one volume, 4to (7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.; 191 x 140 mm). General title within double-ruled border, A1r reads "inestimable," "The Muses Looking-Glasse" with separate dated title-page, register and pagination, "Amyntas" with separated dated title-page and pagination but register is continuous with "The Muses Looking-Glasse"; some worming in gutter throughout, occasional browning. Contemporary speckled calf, paneled in blind, smooth spine, red lettering piece, plain endpapers, edges stained red; front endpapers loose, upper hinge starting from text block, joints rubbed.
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First edition, the Shadwell Court-Clawson-Litchfield-Borowitz copy.  "This collection contains Randolph's principal work. The text, though badly arranged, is superior to that of any of the later editions" (Pforzheimer).