Samuel Butler Hudibras w/aquatint plates 1819

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Author: Butler, Samuel
Title: Hudibras, a Poem, With Notes, Selected from Grey and Other Authors, to Which are Prefixed a Life of the Author, and a Preliminary Discourse on the Civil War &c.
Place Published: London
Publisher:Printed by W. Lewis for Thomas M'Lean
Date Published: 1819
Description:

2 volumes. With 12 hand-colored aquatint plates. lxxiv, [2], 444; 494 pp. 20x12.5 cm (8x5") three quarter red morocco and marbled boards, gilt-decorated spines, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A New Edition, Embellished with Engravings.

With the illustrated bookplates of R.J.A. Boreman. A finely bound set of Butler's renowned poem. The work is a satirical polemic upon Roundheads, Puritans, Presbyterians and many of the other factions involved in the English Civil War.
Condition Report: Rubbing and some soiling to bindings, corner tips worn; scattered foxing; very good.