1709 HUDIBRAS English Civil War Samuel Butler Political Satire Poetry



“Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a dial to the sun, although it be not shined upon.”

― Samuel Butler, Hudibras



Samuel Butler, a 17th-century satirist, is mostly remembered only for his work Hudibras which satirizes religious sects, such as Puritans and Presbyterians, during the English Civil War. It became an instant success and was popular throughout Great Britain, but perhaps its most notable publication came through the political satire artwork of William Hogarth.



Voltaire thought highly of Butlers Hudibras

“There is one English poem, the title whereof is Hudibras; it is Don Quixote – it is our Satyre Menippee blended together: I never met with so much wit in one single book as in this.” (Lowndes 335)



Note on provenance: Francis North, 2nd Baron Guilford was an early 18th-century member of the House of Lords.



Item number: #17007

Price: $499



BUTLER, Samuel



Hudibras: in three parts : written in the time of the late wars.



London: Printed by J.M. for Geo. Sawbridge, and sold by Matthew Hawkins, 1709.



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 parts in 1

Part I – [18], 198

Part II – 167, [1]

Part III – [2], 207 (i.e. 226)

Provenance:

Bookplate – Francis North, 1703

Francis North, 2nd Baron Guilford (1673–1729) was a British peer and member of the House of Lords. In 1701 he was one of five peers of the realm who voted against the Act of Settlement (which excluded the House of Stuart from the English throne) in the House of Lords, and who felt strongly enough to enter written protests in the House of Lords Journal.

Bookplate – Pigault-Maubaillarcq

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight & secure

Visible repair at front inner hinge

Size: ~7.75in X 5.25in (19.5cm x 13cm)



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