12mo. 348pp. With nine engraved plates (one folding). 'Scarronides' is of the fifteenth edition and 'Burlesque upon burlesque' is of the eighth edition. Contemporary calf, later rebacked, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked. Recent bookplate of Kenneth Monkman to FEP, scattered spotting.

A revised edition of Charles Cotton's (1630-1687) major poetical works, including his celebrated topographical poem, first published in 1681, The Wonders of the Peak.

Kenneth Monkman (1911-1998), book collector and resident curator of Shandy Hall, the former home of Laurence Sterne (1713-1768), where the author wrote the majority of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1759-67). Monkman established the Laurence Sterne Trust in 1967 with the aim of restoring the hall. The house contains perhaps the largest collection of Sterneiana in the world.