1689 HUDIBRAS English Civil War Butler Political Satire Puritan Presbyterian



“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.



Voltaire thought highly of Butler’s ‘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)



Item number: #23217

Price: $750



BUTLER, Samuel



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



London : Printed, and are to be sold by Richard Parker ..., 1689.



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

Part I – [2], 221, [1]

Part II – [2], 223-412

Part III – [2], 254

Each part includes separate title page

References: Lowndes 335

Provenance:

Handwritten – C. S. Medd, 1868

Label – Richard Luckett

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight and secure

Size: ~7in X 4.5in (17.5cm x 11.5cm)



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