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[LLUELLYN, Martin (1616-1682)]. Men-Miracles. With other Poems. By M. LL.St: of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. [Oxford: Henry Hall], Printed in the yeare 1646.
8o (139 x 92 mm). Title-page woodcut ornament, numerous woodcut initals, woodcut and typographic ornaments. Contemporary English blind-ruled sheep (minor wear to joints and head of spine); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: Bridgewater Library (bookplate) -- Herschel V. Jones (bookplate), sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 29-30 January 1919, lot 1044 -- Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 25 September 1973.
FIRST EDITION. "The title-poem, which is a satire in Hudibrastic vein and metre upon the traveller's tales of Mandeville and others, but especially of Tom Coryate, is followed by smaller pieces, of which as an example a spirited and humorous fishing-song ['Song Against Fishing']" (DNB). Grolier Wither to Prior 526; Wing L2625. A VERY FINE AND FRESH COPY.
8o (139 x 92 mm). Title-page woodcut ornament, numerous woodcut initals, woodcut and typographic ornaments. Contemporary English blind-ruled sheep (minor wear to joints and head of spine); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: Bridgewater Library (bookplate) -- Herschel V. Jones (bookplate), sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 29-30 January 1919, lot 1044 -- Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 25 September 1973.
FIRST EDITION. "The title-poem, which is a satire in Hudibrastic vein and metre upon the traveller's tales of Mandeville and others, but especially of Tom Coryate, is followed by smaller pieces, of which as an example a spirited and humorous fishing-song ['Song Against Fishing']" (DNB). Grolier Wither to Prior 526; Wing L2625. A VERY FINE AND FRESH COPY.