H[ookes] (N[icholas]) Amanda, a sacrifice to an unknown goddesse, or, A free-will offering of a loving heart to a sweet-heart, first edition, G5 and H1 blank (the latter with early juvenile ink sketch of a man verso), woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking half-title (as often) and frontispiece (supplied in crude facsimile), N6 upper corner torn away, affecting part of the first letter of the opening five lines, the odd small tear or marginal chip, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, lacking pastedowns, contemporary sheep, minor splits to spine ends, very small loss to leather at head of upper cover, corners worn, rubbed, [Grolier/Wither to Prior 462; Pforzheimer 504; Wing H2665; ESTC R15079], 8vo, Printed by T. R[atcliffe] and E. M[ottershead] for Humphrey Tuckey, at the signe of the black Spread-Eagle, near St. Dunstans Church, 1653.
⁂ Rare at auction. Nicholas Hookes (1628-1712), English poet, best known for the present work.
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