Poems on Several Occasions.
London.
Printed [by John Watts] for J. Tonson, and J. Barber, 1725.
In two volumes. [26], 231, [5]; 259pp, [5]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. ESTC T75636.
[Uniformly bound with:] [PRIOR, Matthew]. Poems on Several Occasions...Volume III. London. [s.n.], 1727. Second edition. [8], xii, [2], 48, 47-70, 73-129, [1]; [8], 54pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. ESTC T75647.
12mo. Contemporary gilt tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Heavily rubbed, joints starting, chipping to spines, loss to lettering-pieces. Later armorial bookplates of Henry George Siddons and book-labels of Harold E. Matthews to all FEPs, scattered spotting.
[Uniformly bound with:] [PRIOR, Matthew]. Poems on Several Occasions...Volume III. London. [s.n.], 1727. Second edition. [8], xii, [2], 48, 47-70, 73-129, [1]; [8], 54pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. ESTC T75647.
12mo. Contemporary gilt tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Heavily rubbed, joints starting, chipping to spines, loss to lettering-pieces. Later armorial bookplates of Henry George Siddons and book-labels of Harold E. Matthews to all FEPs, scattered spotting.
The collected verse of Matthew Prior (1664-1721); first published to critical acclaim in 1709, and subsequently often reissued and revised.
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref: 27331
