![WALLER, Edmund (1606-1687). Poems &c. Written upon several occasions... London: Henry Herringman, 1664. 8o (160 x 105 mm). With imprimatur leaf. (A few running titles slightly shaved, without final blank.) Contemporary marbled sheep, sides with double gilt fillet border and fleurons at angles, flat spine in gilt-ruled compartments with contemporary manuscript label (spine somewhat rubbed, chipped at head, joints cracking slightly). Provenance: author's name in an early hand on slip of paper attached to outer margin of N8 -- Earl of Hopetoun (armorial bookplate) -- purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 1 March 1971. Exhibited: Grolier Club, 'This powerfull rime', 1975, no. 25. Fourth, [?] first authorised, edition, which omits three poems in the 1645 editions and adds eleven others not hitherto included. Grolier Wither to Prior 925; Pforzheimer 1036; Wing W514.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2001/NYR/2001_NYR_09878_0355_000(033326).jpg?w=1)
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WALLER, Edmund (1606-1687). Poems &c. Written upon several occasions... London: Henry Herringman, 1664. 8o (160 x 105 mm). With imprimatur leaf. (A few running titles slightly shaved, without final blank.) Contemporary marbled sheep, sides with double gilt fillet border and fleurons at angles, flat spine in gilt-ruled compartments with contemporary manuscript label (spine somewhat rubbed, chipped at head, joints cracking slightly). Provenance: author's name in an early hand on slip of paper attached to outer margin of N8 -- Earl of Hopetoun (armorial bookplate) -- purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 1 March 1971. Exhibited: Grolier Club, 'This powerfull rime', 1975, no. 25. Fourth, [?] first authorised, edition, which omits three poems in the 1645 editions and adds eleven others not hitherto included. Grolier Wither to Prior 925; Pforzheimer 1036; Wing W514.
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HOWARD, Sir Robert (1626-1698). Poems: viz. I. A Panegyrick on the King ... London: Henry Herringman, 1660. 8o (161 x 98 mm). (Browned at margins, some running titles shaved, U8 bound at end instead of being inserted as an extra leaf before C7.) Contemporary calf (rebacked). Provenance: purchased from Scribner Rare Books, New York, 6 October 1969. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of Howard's first published work. Unsold copies were reissued with a cancel title in 1696. Grolier Wither to Prior 473; Hayward 112; Pforzheimer 511; Tinker 2272; Wing H3003. (2)
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HOWARD, Sir Robert (1626-1698). Poems: viz. I. A Panegyrick on the King ... London: Henry Herringman, 1660. 8o (161 x 98 mm). (Browned at margins, some running titles shaved, U8 bound at end instead of being inserted as an extra leaf before C7.) Contemporary calf (rebacked). Provenance: purchased from Scribner Rare Books, New York, 6 October 1969. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of Howard's first published work. Unsold copies were reissued with a cancel title in 1696. Grolier Wither to Prior 473; Hayward 112; Pforzheimer 511; Tinker 2272; Wing H3003. (2)