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The works of Mr Abraham Cowley. Consisting of those which were formerly printed: and those which he design'd for the press, now published out of the authors original copies.

  • Accession number

    81081073

  • Class

    SR - OS - 95.2/

  • Language

    English

  • Physical description

    [44], 41, [1], 80, [4], 58, 61-70, 154, 23, [1], 148 p. : port. ; 2°.

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General note: Printer's name from Wing CD. Frontis. portrait (pi1v) of the author signed: W: Faithorne sculp:. "The mistress", "Pindarique odes", and "Davideis, a sacred poem", each have separate dated title pages and pagination; register is continuous. Includes "An account of the life and writings of Cowley" by Thomas Sprat. Quire a (incl. frontis. and tp.), quire c and S4 and following; quires b and S detached and reattached; 2E4 and 2F1 torn; inkstained throughout, slightly affecting text; MS. ink notes throughout UK-SuSCL Cited in: Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), C6652 Format of surrogate: Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1983. 1 microfilm reel ; 35mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 1438:44). Ownership and custodial history: MS. ink signatures on B1r: "John Yates, Anno Dom 1713", on S3v: "Major Standly Soldier", "William Greenwood"; donated 3 July 1940 by G.A. Higgins, Esq. UK-SuSCL Binding Information: Contemporary full calf with blind-tooled panels, hinges damaged UK-SuSCL