THE GENUINE POETICAL REMAINS OF ...; with notes by Robert Thyer, keeper of the public library, manchester. With a selection from the author's characters in prose, illustrated with humorous woodcuts, and portraits of Butler and Thyer.

London: Joseph Booker, 1827. Largest paper edition, one of a very few done in this format. Engraved frontispieces and 9 woodcuts. Small folio, 301pp. Original cloth and paper label, worn along the hinge, spine cloth separating. Some foxing, but a nice clean copy. Lowndes p. 336. "Published from the original Mss ... this was to have formed two volumes but the publisher died." Also published in 8vo, and royal 8vo. Item #6674

Miscellaneous work by the author of Hudibras. Originally this was intended to include poetry and prose, but the prose was determined to be too 'coarse' for modern sensibilities.

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