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WALLER, Edmund (1606-1687). Poems, &c. London: Printed by T.W. for Humphrey Mosley, 1645.
8o (152 x 96 mm). (Some minor browning, margins slightly shaved affecting a few words.) Early 19th-century half calf (worn, front cover detached). Provenance: Edmund William Gosse (1849-1928), writer (bookplate); Julian Marshall (bookplate); Robert S. Pirie (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, second issue, formed from the sheets of the unauthorized first issue, with the original title-page bearing the imprint of Thomas Walkley removed and replaced with that of Humphrey Mosley and including the text of six additional poems, the text of the three speeches, and The Table. "It is evident that whilst awaiting the preparation and production of an authorized edition of the Poems Waller's agents met the very considerable demands of the market by adapting in the manner here described the sheets taken over from Thomas Walkley (Ashley VII, p. 185-186)." Grolier English 27 (unauthorized edition); Grolier Wither to Prior 918 (described as the second edition).
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FIRST EDITION, second issue, formed from the sheets of the unauthorized first issue, with the original title-page bearing the imprint of Thomas Walkley removed and replaced with that of Humphrey Mosley and including the text of six additional poems, the text of the three speeches, and The Table. "It is evident that whilst awaiting the preparation and production of an authorized edition of the Poems Waller's agents met the very considerable demands of the market by adapting in the manner here described the sheets taken over from Thomas Walkley (Ashley VII, p. 185-186)." Grolier English 27 (unauthorized edition); Grolier Wither to Prior 918 (described as the second edition).