Samuel Butler / HUDIBRAS IN THREE PARTS WRITTEN IN THE TIME OF THE LATE WARS NEW

Description: HUDIBRAS IN THREE PARTS WRITTEN IN THE TIME OF THE LATE WARS : A NEW EDITION ADORNED WITH CUTS Author: Butler, Samuel Title: HUDIBRAS IN THREE PARTS WRITTEN IN THE TIME OF THE LATE WARS : A NEW EDITION ADORNED WITH CUTS Publication: Edinburgh: R. Clark, P. Anderson and A. Brown, 1784 Description: Leather-bound. 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 index. Lovely engravings, two of them fold-outs, by R. Martin, H. Gavin, and others. Some insignificant worming to the last thirty pages -- with several tiny holes. Good Plus. Samuel Butler wrote the first of his famous three-part satirical polemic in 1663, the second part the following year, and the third in 1678. Hudibras is a book-length poem was written in iambic tetrameter in closed couplets and is, essentially, a diatribe against the viciousness and hypocrisies of extreme religious sectarianism displayed by the Roundheads, Puritans, Presbyterians and other sects involved in the English Civil War. The "story" of the poem follows the travels and adventures of Hudibras, a Knight Errant, as he travels through different lands seeking to prove his chivalry. Seller ID: 73973 Aardvark Rare Books Eugene, OR We work hard to make your Bookbuying Experience safe, easy and fun. Aardvark Books is a proud member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America) and IOBA, Independent Online Booksellers Association. Ezra is also an accredited and Qualified Appraiser of Books and Manuscripts, with a designation from the ASA (American Society of Appraisers), with considerable Archive experience as well. Shipping All books shipped to US destinations are sent via the US Postal Service. Faster shipping is available, please ask before paying. We will combine shipping on items purchased at the same time in order to help reduce costs. International shipping is also available. Please inquire for a shipping quote before ordering.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

Price: 210 USD

Location: Eugene, Oregon

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