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Hudibras, a Poem

“SIR HUDIBRAS, HIS PASSING WORTH, THE MANNER HOW HE SALLY’D FORTH; HIS ARMS AND EQUIPAGE ARE SHOWN, HIS HORSE’S VIRTUES AND HIS OWN”

BUTLER, Samuel. Hudibras, a Poem. London, 1819. Two volumes.

Later edition of this bitingly humorous 17th-century poem on the English Civil War, with 12 striking hand-colored aquatints by John Heaviside Clark. $950.

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Hudibras

“I NEVER MET WITH SO MUCH WIT IN ONE SINGLE BOOK” (VOLTAIRE)

BUTLER, Samuel. Hudibras. London, 1772. Two volumes.

Later edition of Butler’s acclaimed mock romance (the third with Grey’s scholarly annotations), illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait by Vertue and 16 engraved plates (five folding) by Hogarth. $800.

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Hudibras, a Poem

"HE THAT COMPLIES AGAINST HIS WILL IS OF HIS OWN OPINION STILL"

BUTLER, Samuel. Hudibras, a Poem. London, 1822. Two volumes.

Later edition of this bitingly humorous 17th-century poem dealing with scholastic pedantry, Aristotelian logic, theological controversy, witchcraft, alchemy, astrology and war, with 12 striking hand-colored aquatints by John Heaviside Clark. $750.

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