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DENHAM, John (1615-1669). Coopers Hill. Written in the yeare 1640. Now Printed from a perfect Copy; and a Corrected Impression. London: Humphrey Moseley, 1655.
4o (178 x 135 mm). D2 (blank) present at end. (B3 with small hole catching a few letters of text, some occasional pale spotting.) 19th-century black morocco gilt, edges gilt. Provenance: Wilfred Merton, collector of Greek papyri (booklabel dated 1917) -- purchased Hamill & Barker, Chicago, 1 June 1969. Exhibited: Grolier Club, 'This powerfull rime,' 1975, no. 23.
FIRST AUTHORIZED EDITION of Denham's celebrated topographical poem in heroic couplets, the first to contain the famous apostrophe descriptive of the River Thames which was admired by Dryden, Pope and Samuel Johnson. The present edition was intended to correct the imperfect pirated editions published from 1642, which constituted "mere repetitions of the same False Transcript, which stole into print by the Author's long absence from this Great Town" (To the Reader). Grolier Wither to Prior 257; Hayward 107; Wing D996.
4o (178 x 135 mm). D2 (blank) present at end. (B3 with small hole catching a few letters of text, some occasional pale spotting.) 19th-century black morocco gilt, edges gilt. Provenance: Wilfred Merton, collector of Greek papyri (booklabel dated 1917) -- purchased Hamill & Barker, Chicago, 1 June 1969. Exhibited: Grolier Club, 'This powerfull rime,' 1975, no. 23.
FIRST AUTHORIZED EDITION of Denham's celebrated topographical poem in heroic couplets, the first to contain the famous apostrophe descriptive of the River Thames which was admired by Dryden, Pope and Samuel Johnson. The present edition was intended to correct the imperfect pirated editions published from 1642, which constituted "mere repetitions of the same False Transcript, which stole into print by the Author's long absence from this Great Town" (To the Reader). Grolier Wither to Prior 257; Hayward 107; Wing D996.