Shakespeare, First 18th c. Printing of Poems
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William Shakespeare [et al.] POEMS ON AFFAIRS OF STATE…. [vol. 1]: from The Time of Oliver Cromwell, to the Abdication of K. James the Second. Written by the greatest Wits of the Age… [vol. 2]: From the Reign of K. James the First, To this Present Year 1703... [vol. 3]: From 1640 to this present Year 1704...Most of which were never before publish’d... [vol. 4]: From 1620 to this present Year 1707. Many of them by the most eminent Hands, viz. Mr. Shakespear.London: Printed in the Year 1703, 1703, 1704, and 1707. 4 vol. set, 8vo. The fourth volume with seven full-page engraved satirical illustrations. Fifth edition of the first volume and the first editions of the other volumes. Bound in early 19th c. full calf, later spine labels.Containing th first 18th century printing of these Shakespeare poems. The fourth volume contains the first printings of Shakespeare’s “Rape of Lucrece,” and “Venus and Adonis” since the 1640 edition of Shakespeare’s Poems. This is the most important poetical miscellany of the era, full of amorous poems, political satire, and literary sparring.Provenance: With a small eighteenth century inscription on the title-page of Vol. I: “C&P 4r Tom. N/h J. Mollierini ex Bib: Phil: Sydenham Baronettus”, a later bookplate of W. Borlase, and some penciled notes on a front flyleaf signed “E.Q.” (Eric Quayle, author of The Collector’s Book of Books, etc.) There are no marks in this copy other than Joseph Mollierini’s statement which show the Sir Philip Sydenham provenance, but of course this set was rebound after Mollierini’s library was sold (at auction, by Samuel Paterson) in 1761.
Condition
The first volume expertly rebacked preserving the original spine, the others with hinges cracked but firm; edgewear and rubbing. Contents with some foxing a toning (moderate to first two volumes, lighter to last two volumes.) Plates in volume 4 shaved (as common) and some faded water-staining visible in places to 4th volume. Sold as-is.
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