Lot 45
Prior (Matthew) Poems on Several Occasions, with 4 additional short pieces bound in at end, Jacob Tonson, 1718.
Hammer Price: £200
Description
[Prior (Matthew)] Poems on Several Occasions, engraved frontispiece, title-vignette and head-pieces after Cheron, engraved ornaments and initials, list of subscribers, R1 bound in wrong way round, 3E gathering slightly short, some light marginal staining, with 4 additional rare short pieces by Prior bound in at end (rather browned, final sheet folding), contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, folio, by Jacob Tonson...and John Barber, 1718.
⁂ The additional Prior pieces bound in are: Colin's Mistakes, 10pp., 1721; The Conversation, 7pp., 1720; Prologue to The Orphan, 2pp., 1720; Verses Spoke to the Lady Henrietta-Cavendish Holles-Harley..., single sheet, 1720.
Description
[Prior (Matthew)] Poems on Several Occasions, engraved frontispiece, title-vignette and head-pieces after Cheron, engraved ornaments and initials, list of subscribers, R1 bound in wrong way round, 3E gathering slightly short, some light marginal staining, with 4 additional rare short pieces by Prior bound in at end (rather browned, final sheet folding), contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, folio, by Jacob Tonson...and John Barber, 1718.
⁂ The additional Prior pieces bound in are: Colin's Mistakes, 10pp., 1721; The Conversation, 7pp., 1720; Prologue to The Orphan, 2pp., 1720; Verses Spoke to the Lady Henrietta-Cavendish Holles-Harley..., single sheet, 1720.
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