The Ramble: An Anti-Heroick Poem Together with Some Terrestrial Hymns and Carnal Ejaculations
by RADCLIFFE, Alexander
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About This Item
London: Printed for the Author, and are to be sold by Walter Davis in Amen Corner 1682, 1682. First edition. 8vo (175x114mm). pp. 128 (including initial blank A1). Contemporary black morocco, covers panelled in gilt, spine richly gilt in compartments, marbled pastedowns, all edges gilt. The Heber - Britwell - Hayward - Bradley Martin - Edwards copy, with modern bookplates of H. Bradley Martin and J.O. Edwards. Lightly rubbed with some wear to corners, a little marginal browning, still an excellent copy. Alexander Radcliffe trained in law but deserted his studies to become a soldier, reaching the rank of captain before turning to writing bawdy verse in the tradition of the poetic rake established by the 1680 edition of Rochester's Poems on Several Occasions. The title poem here, Radcliffe's best known work, starts with a knock at the door which the author is in bed with a whore. He embarks on a nightmarish low-life ramble through Restoration London, visiting theatres, gambling dens and coffee houses before returning to his bed to be sick. The other thirty four poems here include translations from Horace; 'Upon Mr Bennet, Procurer Extraordinary'; 'What are you mad?'; 'The Poor Whore's Song', and many others. Wing R129
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- Bookseller
- Voewood Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3141
- Title
- The Ramble: An Anti-Heroick Poem Together with Some Terrestrial Hymns and Carnal Ejaculations
- Author
- RADCLIFFE, Alexander
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: Printed for the Author, and are to be sold by Walter Davis in Amen Corner 1682
- Date Published
- 1682
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Simon Finch has been a Rare Book Dealer since 1980. He has had shops in Notting Hill Gate, Mayfair and Holt, Norfolk. His firm has handled a wide variety of material from the First Folio of Shakespeare to the wilder shores of the counterculture and everything in between. In 1998, Simon bought Voewood, one of the finest Arts and Crafts and houses and brought it back to life with an eight-year programme of renovation and restoration. Voewood Rare Books, which operates from Voewood, is the continuation for Simon of a long career in the book trade. It also represents an important link with the House. Voewood is always beautiful, surprising, mysterious and perhaps a little disorientating and we aim to bring something of this spirit to the bookshop. Whilst our focus in on the visual arts, literature and the counter-culture, we deal also in a broad range of antiquarian and modern rare books across all subject areas. Our collection can be found here at Biblio and on our website. We are open by appointment and can always be contacted by email.
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- Morocco
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- Gilt
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