Lot 825
  • 825

Waller, Edmund

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  • Seven Works
  • printed book
Speeches and poems, chiefly related to Parliament and to King Charles's return to England, all but one are first editions, in quarto and folio format, three in modern bindings, the remainder unbound in protective slipcases.

A Speech Made ... in the Honorable House of Commons, Concerning Episcopacie, Whether It Should Be Committed or Rejected. [London: s.n.], Printed 1641 3 July. 4to. Upper inner corner dampstained. Modern quarter calf. (Wing W524; ESTC R14491). acquisition: Seven Gables — Mr. Wallers Speech in Parliament, at a Conference of Both Houses in the Painted Chamber. 6. July 1641. London: Printed by J[ohn]. N[orton]. for Abel Roper, 1641. 4to. With "Eagle" in the imprint spelled correctly; marginal dust-soiling on outer leaves. Stabbed and stitched, uncut and unopened. Red cloth chemise and slipcase. (Wing W522; ESTC R9691; Pforzheimer 1041). — A Worthy Speech Made in the House of Commons, This present Parliament, 1641. 1. That Parliaments are the Onely Way for Advancing the Kings Affaires. 2. That the Restoring of the Property of Goods and Freedome of the Subject is a Chiefe Meanes to Maintaine Religion and Obedience to His Majestie. London: Printed for John Nicholson, 1641. 4to. Dampstaining in lower inner margin. Full red morocco, lettered gilt on the spine. (Wing W534; ESTC R11579; Pforzheimer 1039). acquisition: Maggs — A Panegyrick to My Lord Protector, of the Present Greatness and Joynt Interest of His Highness, and This Nation. London: Printed for Richard Lowndes, 1655. 4to. Full teal blue morocco gilt by H. Zucker, Philadelphia. (Wing W506; ESTC R203983). acquisition: John Fleming — To the King, Upon His Majesties Happy Return. Colophon:  [London]: Printed for Richard Marriot, [1660]. Folio. Half-title and caption title, variant with A2r page numbered "3" and B1v, line 1 begins "Much-suffering"; half-title and A2 dampstained. Blank paper wrappers, stabbed and stitched; upper wrapper dampstained. Green cloth portfolio. (Wing W529; ESTC R23578). acquisition: Pickering & Chatto — Another edition. To the King, Upon His Majesties Happy Return. [London: s.n., 1660]. Half-title and caption title, B2v signed "Ed: Waller Esq."; soiled, some staining, repairs to inner and outer margins. Unbound, traces of stitching. Blue cloth chemise and morocco-backed slipcase. (Wing 529a; ESTC R221944). acquisition: Maggs, 1999.  — A Poem on the Present Assembling of the Parliament. March the 6th. 1678. [London: s.n., 1679]. Caption title; light toning and marginal browning. Unbound. Blue cloth chemise and slipcase.