HUDIBRAS
London: Rickaby, 1793. Hogarth. First Edition, thus. 4to, (iv), xxxix, (i), 317+(1); (iv) 322-678, (2), 8; (iv), 495,18+(1) pages. 3 volumes. Bound in contemporary or early 19th century 3/4 leather, some intermittant foxing and toning. Limited to only two hundred copies. Volumes one and three have engraved frontispieces, and all three have engraved title pages. Volume two also has a plain typeset title page. frontispiece portrait of the author, engraved by James Ross, after a portrait by P. Lely; title page with engraved vignette of 'Butler's Tenement at Strensham, Worcestershire', also engraved by J. Ross. In addition to the portrait frontispiece and the vignette on the title page there is an engraved illustration of ‘Butler’s Monument – St. Paul’s, Covent Garden’; two full-page engravings and eight engravings after Hogarth at the beginning or end of the Cantos, all printed in sepia. Lowndes I, 336: "an elegant edition, edited by Dr. Nash, the historian of Worcestershire who has added a variety of entertaining notes." Item #51345
The first two volumes are the poem; the third volume is, "Notes on Hudibras by Dr. T. Nash."
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