The Cupid: A Collection of Love Songs Rerinted from the First Edition [of 1736].

£75 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Spine worn at head and foot, gilt lettering slightly faded; otherwise a very good copy. A rather coy introduction describes Murray’s reluctance to publish the texts for the more general reader, and to keep the circulation small. Having suggested more raciness than it actually involves, he then publishes the list of subscribers … His commitment to formal bibliophily is confirmed with the extraordinary number of variants (seven), which vary from a single copy on “Pure” vellum to 288 on Van Gelder paper.

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