Hudibras, In Three Parts, Written In the Time Of the Late Wars

Cambridge: W. Innys et al, 1744. Leather bound. Very good. Hogarth. 2 vols. xxxxvi, 424, 446 pp. 21 cm. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Butler and engravings I to IX in volume 1. Plates X to XVI are in volume 2. Full leather with raised bands. Rebacked with original spines. Volume 2 has small stain on front board. Gold… Read more about this item

London: W Innys, A Ward, J And P Knapton, D Browne, S Birt, T Longman Etc, 1744. Reprint . Full Calf. Good. 8+" Tall. (I), Xiv, Xxxvi, Xli List Of Subscribers With Errata Printed At End, 424, (Xvi) Index At End; (I), 446, (Xxiii Index And (1) Errata At End. Two Volumes Complete, No Half Titles, And Lacking… Read more about this item

Dublin: A. Reilly,, 1744. In two volumes. Presumably the Irish pirated version of Bentham's Cambridge edition of the same year. Bound in original full calf. With wood-engraved portrait frontispiece (by Vertue after Soest), and 16 fine wood-engraved plates (by Mynde after Hogarth), five of which are folding. Full index at the end of each volume. The first edition to… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Printed by J. Bentham, Printer to the University, for W. Innys, A. Ward, Mess. J. and P. Knapton, D. Browne, S. Birt, et al, 1744. 18th century large annotated edition of Butler's acclaimed mock romance, the "best edition" according to Lowndes. Octavo, two volumes bound in full calf with red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins… Read more about this item

London: Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ... and Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806. Later edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 2 vol. 8vo. [3], ii-lii, [3], 56-500; [5], 4-476 pp. Full early twentieth-century patterned calf with the spines in six compartments, a green and a purple morocco label lettered in gilt on each spine, three gilt borders on… Read more about this item

Cambridge: J. Bentham , 1744. Complete in 2 volumes. Books measure 21x14.cm. Collation, xiv,xxxvi,[42],424,[16]pp, 446,[23],[1]pp, engraved frontis, plus 16 plates. Bound in full calf. Both volumes have been rebacked, retaining the period panelled boards, raised bands, leather labels, gilt lettering. Calf rubbed, some abrasion wear, mainly to boards edges and corners. Generally, both bindings in very good clean firm condition.… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: R. Clark, P. Anderson and A. Brown, 1784. Leather-bound. Good Plus. Original brown calf, measuring 7.0" x 4.25" x 1.25". Rubbing and wear to extremities, with corners bumped and a two-inch separation at front board near bottom. Five raised bands, six compartments, with contrasting spine label, triple-ruled in gilt. Text 324 [[/ followed by a 14 page… Read more about this item

London: Printed by T. Bensley, 1801. 2 volume set. 436, 446pp. Octavos [21 cm] Full leather with decorative gilt stamped borders to the boards. Title and decorative gilt stamping to backstrips. Marbled endsheets and pastedowns. Bookplates on the front free endsheets and pastedowns. Hinges have been professionally repaired. Very good. Butler's long form satirical poem on puritanical culture. Large… Read more about this item

London: T. Bensley, et al., 1801. Hardcover. Annotations and preface by Zachary Grey. Complete 2-volume set. 8vo. Quarter dark green calf with gilt spine rules and lettering and marbled paper over boards. lii, 436pp; 446pp, (15pp), (1p ad). All edges marbled. Frontispiece, woodcuts, 17 full-page engraved plates. Very good. Faint edgewear; occasional foxing throughout text ranging from mild to… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Printed by Bell and Murray, 1779. [Satirical Poetry] FINELY BOUND, a later edition. Complete in two volumes. Duodecimo in half-sheets (18 x 11cm), pp.xxxii; 408; pp.419 [1]. With a preface and very extensive footnotes. Also with a folding copper engraved frontispiece to volume I. Original marbled boards showing vellum to corners, with slightly later marbled calf backs, possibly… Read more about this item

London: T W for D Browne, 1726. First edition thus. Full leather. Good. 424p + index, duodecimo and with illustrations by William Hogarth. Containing a frontispiece and 15 numbered illustrations. Inner hinges tender, chipped at the spine heads and worn at the corners. Front cover just holding on, bookplate last section very foxed. … Read more about this item

Dublin: A. Reilley; Robert Owen; WIlliam Brien, 1744. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". Zachary Grey. Zachary Grey's illustrated pirate edition of 'Hudibras' a brilliant poem written just in the wake of the English Civil War. A pirated Irish edition.Complete in two volumes.ESTC citation number N7227.Volume I illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, four folding plates, and five… Read more about this item

1744. Cambridge, Bentham, 1744. Large 8vo. 2 contemp. full calf. Gilt spines in compartments. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. Gilt lineborders on covers. Wear to spine-ends. Spines rubbed. Some wear along edges. Engraved portrait as frontispiece (Butler). (2),XIV,XXXVI,(42),424,(16);(2),446,(24) pp., 16 engraved plates by Hogarth, some folding. Internally fine and clean, printed on thick paper.

By Samuel Butler, Esq., with large annotations and a preface. By Zachary Gray, Ll. D. London : Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe et al, 1806. Two volumes, octavo, full diced calf, ruled in gilt with fleurons, spines lettered in gilt, marbled edges and endpapers, gilt dentelles, book label to pastedowns, portrait frontispiece, pp. lii; (4); 56 - 500; 476, engraved… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: John Bairbairn. Full leather. Wear at head and foot of spine, separation along one spine edge, leather scuffing, front cover tender and beginning to separate, previous owner's name in ink, few flecks of foxing, otherwise internals nice, Fair. . Fair. Hardcover. 1799.

London:: R. Chiswick, J. Tonson, T. Horne, and R. Wellington,, 1710.. old full calf, gilt paneled spines; t.e.g.. Bookplate in each volume; joints are cracked but the cords still holding strong; rubbing along the edges of the boards.. 16mo,. Frontispiece portrait and 16 fine engraved plates (two folding). . With Large Annotations, and a Preface, by Zachary Grey.… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge: Printed By J. Bentham, Printer to the University, for W. Innes, A. Ward, Mess. J. And P. Knapton, D. Browne, S. Birt, T. Longman, T. Woodward., 1744. First Edition . Half-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. G. Vertue, J. Mynde. William Hogarth. 1744 The First Edition of Zachary Grey's Huibras with… Read more about this item

London: J. Bentham, 1744. Leather. Fair. 8" by 5". Hogarth. An eighteenth century edition of this famous satirical polemic. In gilt tooled speckled calf leather bindings. Illustrated with frontispiece to volume I and further plates after Hogarth with some folding. Hudibras is a mock heroic poem from the 17th century written by Samuel Butler.… Read more about this item

Hartford CT: S. Andrus and Son, 1852. Very Good. Smaller book, tan cloth with embossed design to all sides, gilt rubbed slightly on spine, 312 pages + 7 pages of ads, pp. 19-30 loose from binding strings but in place, thin surface tear in lower spine front indentation, all edges gilt. Near Very Good.

Edinburgh: John Turnbull, 1806. Good. pp378 An early nineteenth century Edinburgh edition of Hudibras with engraved plates; half leather with untrimmed edges; rubbing to the spine; attractive frontispiece and pretty engravings. Slight discoloration to the pages. Nineteenth century printed book label of Mr W J Lescher and signature of 'Wm Lescher' (possibly Father Lescher?) and on the front… Read more about this item