Wither (George) Speculum Speculativum, first edition, 1660; and others, 17th century poetry (5)

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Wither (George) Speculum Speculativum: Or, a Considering-Glass, first edition, bookplate, errata to p.166, ff. browned and foxed, marginal loss to title, A2, D7, L8, and several others less-so (not affecting text), modern boards, morocco spine label, slightly bumped, [ESTC R233159], "Written June XIII MDCLX, and there imprinted the same year", 1660. [Shadwell, Thomas], The Tory-Poets: A Satyr, first edition, ink inscription to title, ff. torn and skillfully repaired, affecting text occasionally but mostly marginal, slightly foxed, modern full calf, slightly rubbed, [ESTC R7686], R. Johnson, 1682. Dryden (Jo[hn]), [Thomas] Sprat and Edm[und] Waller, Three Poems Upon the Death of the Late Usurper Oliver Cromwell, second edition, ink inscriptions and library sticker to title, several ff. skillfully repaired, foxing and browning, modern cloth-backed binding, slightly rubbed, reprinted for R. Baldwin, 1682; and 2 others, 17th century poetry, comprising The Passion of Byblis Made English, and Milbourne's Notes on Dryden's Virgil in re-backed contemporary calf, 8vo and 4to, (5)

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