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Manuscript poetry.- [Cotton (Charles)] Scarronides: or, Virgile Travestie. A Mock-Poem, first

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1715 The Genuine works of Charles Cotton w/ plates: “The Genuine works of Charles Cotton, Esq; containing I. Scarrönnides, or Virgil Travestie. II. Lucian Burlesqued, or the Scoffer Scoft. III. The Wonders of the Peake. IV. The Planters Manual. Illu

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(DIPLOMACY.) Papers of Charles Tuckerman, the first: (DIPLOMACY.) Papers of Charles Tuckerman, the first United States Minister to Greece. Approximately 250 items (0.5 linear feet) in one box; condition generally strong.Various places, 1837-1924Char

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Manuscript poetry.- [Cotton (Charles)] Scarronides: or, Virgile Travestie. A Mock-Poem, first

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Manuscript poetry.- [Cotton (Charles)] Scarronides: or, Virgile Travestie. A Mock-Poem, first edition, initial f. with woodcut rebus of the printer Henry Brome verso, title within woodcut typographic border, some staining and spotting, contemporary sheep, worn, but holding firm, [Wing C6391; Pforzheimer 222], 8vo, Printed by E. Cotes for Henry Brome at the Gun in Ivy-lane, 1664.

⁂ Initial leaf with a contemporary manuscript copy of Thomas Carew's poem To Her in Absence ('Toss'd in a troubled sea of griefes, I floate, far from the shore, in a storme beaten boate...'), which rather compliments the theme of the printed work.

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Manuscript poetry.- [Cotton (Charles)] Scarronides: or, Virgile Travestie. A Mock-Poem, first

Name: Manuscript poetry.- [Cotton (Charles)] Scarronides: or, Virgile Travestie. A Mock-Poem, first
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