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GOULD, Robert (d.1709?). Poems chiefly consisting of satyrs and satyrical epistles, London: 'printed, and are to be sold by most booksellers in London and Westminster', 1689. 8° (174 x 106mm). Title printed in red and black, ornamental headpiece and initial opening dedication. (Without first and final blank leaves.) Red morocco gilt by Riviere and Son, red half morocco slipcase. Provenance: Charles Lilburn (armorial bookplate) -- Halsted B. Vander Poel. FIRST EDITION, containing a lengthy allusion to Shakespeare in 'A Satyr against the playhouse'. Grolier, Wither to Prior, 403; Wing G-1431.
DRYDEN, John (1631-1700). The Comedies, tragedies, and operas, London: for Jacob Tonson, Thomas Bennet and Richard Wellington, 1701. 2 volumes, 2° (350 x 213mm). Engraved frontispiece author portrait by Edelinck after Kneller, title printed in red and black. (Several sheets browned, tear in portrait neatly repaired on verso.) Contemporary panelled calf (rebacked, rubbed, corners worn). Provenance: Thomas Halcott (18th-century inscription) -- Halsted B. Vander Poel. Macdonald 107ai. (2)
DRYDEN, John (1631-1700). The Comedies, tragedies, and operas, London: for Jacob Tonson, Thomas Bennet and Richard Wellington, 1701. 2 volumes, 2° (350 x 213mm). Engraved frontispiece author portrait by Edelinck after Kneller, title printed in red and black. (Several sheets browned, tear in portrait neatly repaired on verso.) Contemporary panelled calf (rebacked, rubbed, corners worn). Provenance: Thomas Halcott (18th-century inscription) -- Halsted B. Vander Poel. Macdonald 107ai. (2)
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