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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 author's original copies. To this edition are added several commendatory copies of verses on the author, by persons of honour. As also a table to the whole works, never before printed.

  • Accession number

    83080945

  • Class

    SR - OS - 95.2/

  • Language

    English

  • Physical description

    [52], 41, [1], 80, [4], 58, 61-70, 154, 23, [1], 148, [8] p. : port. ; 2°.

  • Credit line

    CC-BY-NC-ND Image Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

General note: Printer's name from Wing CD. Frontis. portrait (pi1v) of the author signed: W. Faithorne sculp. 1687. "The mistress", "Pindarique odes", and "Davideis, a sacred poem", each have separate dated title pages and pagination; register is continuous. With final table of contents. Signatures: [pi]2 a-c4 *4 B-C4 C*4 D-Z4 2A-2Z4 3A-3C4 3D2 3E-3Y4 3Z2; contents (quire *) bound before Preface; tp. mounted and damaged/patched to obscure signatures; ink stains and spotting throughout UK-SuSCL Cited in: Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), C6658 Format of surrogate: Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms, 1977. 1 microfilm reel. 35mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 685:3). Ownership and custodial history: MS. ink signatures on inside front board: "Mary Rivers ... Sept. ye 28 1718", on tp.: "Jackson - 25 Feb 18-"; Beisly bequest 1896 Uk-SuSCL Binding Information: Contemporary full calf with blind-tooled panel, re-backed UK-SuSCL