Butler (Samuel) Hudibras, 3 vol., first editions of vol.1 and 2, mixed copy of vol.3, vol.1 and 2 with woodcut vignettes and initial imprimatur leaf, vol.3 with title verso with license to print (second issue) and errata leaf at end supplied from another copy and with text uncorrected (first issue), all three vol. washed and pressed with some browning and soiling, uniformly bound in modern dark brown crushed morocco, gilt, by Riviere, all neatly rebacked with gilt spines, g.e., vol.1 Printed by J.G. for Richard Marriot, vol.2 Printed by T.R. for John Martyn, vol.3 Printed for Simon Miller, [Wing B6300, B6309, B6313], 8vo, 1663-64-78.

⁂ The bibliography of this work is complex due to its immediate popularity and numerous printings (of vol.1, 9 in 1663 alone, of which 4 were piracies) and each subsequent part was also reprinted and plagiarised. In PBSA vol.60 (1966) Thorson makes sense of the issue points and this set has vol.1 in his 'A' edition (first authorised edition), vol.2 his 'N' edition (first printing) and vol.3 with title-page of his 'S' (second printing) and text of his 'R' (first printing) edition - the errata leaf is probably supplied from another copy of the 'R' edition.

Provenance: Z. Isham (inscription to vol.3 title, possibly Zacheus Isham (1651-1705), clergyman and book hunter); N. Hole (another ink inscription to vol.3 title); Robert Walsingham Martin (bookplate); Richard Campbell (bookplate)