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QUARLES, Francis (1592-1644). The Shepheards Oracles: delivered in certain Eglogues. London: M.F. for John and Richard Marriot, 1646.
4° (187 x 140mm). Additional engraved title-page by William Marshall. (Marginal repaired tear in R4.) 19th-century mottled calf, sides gilt with a border centred with an arabesque, spine gilt in compartments, gilt turn-ins (front joint starting). Provenance: S.A. Thompson Yates (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. The address to the reader, though signed John Marriot, is sometimes attributed to Izaak Walton. The Shepheards Oracles 'deals with autobiographical, political, and religious matters under the thin guise of pastoral allegory. The poem includes satirical attacks on the radical fringe of the anti-episcopal "Root and Branch" party, also allegorical portraits of his friend, Phineas Fletcher, and an Arminian "Master Shepheard" who is severely criticized and must be Archbishop Laud ' (ODNB). Wing Q115B.
4° (187 x 140mm). Additional engraved title-page by William Marshall. (Marginal repaired tear in R4.) 19th-century mottled calf, sides gilt with a border centred with an arabesque, spine gilt in compartments, gilt turn-ins (front joint starting). Provenance: S.A. Thompson Yates (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. The address to the reader, though signed John Marriot, is sometimes attributed to Izaak Walton. The Shepheards Oracles 'deals with autobiographical, political, and religious matters under the thin guise of pastoral allegory. The poem includes satirical attacks on the radical fringe of the anti-episcopal "Root and Branch" party, also allegorical portraits of his friend, Phineas Fletcher, and an Arminian "Master Shepheard" who is severely criticized and must be Archbishop Laud ' (ODNB). Wing Q115B.
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