Poems, &c. written upon several Occasions, and to several Persons: by Edmond Waller. The Sixth Edition with several additions never before printed. Bound together with:The second part of Mr. Waller’s Poems. Containing, His Alteration of the Maids Tragedy, And whatever of his is yet unprinted: Together with some other Poems, Speeches, &c. that were Printed severally, and never put into the First Collection of his Poems
by WALLER, Edmund
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London, H. Herringman, 1693/ London, Tho. Bennet, 1690. 8vo. Engr. portrait,+ (6),+ 299,+ (5); (23),+ (blank),+ 108,+ (2),+ (2, blanks) pp. First title printed in red and black. Worn contemporary calf, rubbed spine with raised bands, crack in hinges. Owner’s Signature of front paste down ”Mary Harris Her Book 1700”, and later of Donald R. O. Thomas 1927. ESTC R13497 for part one, R9748 for part two. The first part lacks the first blank leaf A1. The second part with the leaf ”Licensed, Sept. 26. 1689”. The first collected edition of his poems was published in 1645, and several new editions were publised during the 17th- and 18th-centuries. The second part with the altered ”Maids Tragedy” was published in 1690, of which this is ”... an unauthorized edition, edited by Francis Atterbury, which is condemned in the prefatory note to Waller’s The maid’s tragedy altered” (ESTC). Edmund (or Edmond) Waller (1606-87) was a poet and politician at the court of Charles I. He was arrested after the outbreak of the English Civil War for supporting the Crown, and went into exile to France and Switzerland. A reissue of these two parts was made in 1694 with the title to part one changed to ”with addition of The maid’s tragedy altered”.
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- Poems, &c. written upon several Occasions, and to several Persons: by Edmond Waller. The Sixth Edition with several additions never before printed. Bound together with:The second part of Mr. Waller’s Poems. Containing, His Alteration of the Maids Tragedy, And whatever of his is yet unprinted: Together with some other Poems, Speeches, &c. that were Printed severally, and never put into the First Collection of his Poems
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- WALLER, Edmund
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