Sighs for the Pitchers: Breathed out in a Personal Contribution to the National Humiliation the last of May, 1666

by George Wither

$675 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition. 2 , 50 pp. 8vo. Nineteenth century calf by Riviere, first 4 pages repaired at the inner margin affecting text on title-page. Wing W 3190. Provenance: Fairfax of Cameron; Robert S. Pirie. Item #304313 A fine example of Wither's political writing, this is a sequel to his 1664 Tuba-pacifica, warning against Anglo-Dutch hostilities. With the advent of the Second Anglo-Dutch war, he took up the cause

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