Abraham Cowley; John Sparrow (ed.) - The Mistress with Other Select Poems of Abraham Cowley 1619-1667

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926. First edition. Cloth. 'The Mistress with Other Select Poems of Abraham Cowley 1619-1667' edited by John Sparrow for the Nonesuch Press. The Nonesuch Press specialised in limited edition and private press. They were founded by Francis Meynell, his second wife Vera Mendel and their friend David Garnett. Their aspiration was for their publications to be aligned with the same aesthetic standards as the private press movement. They were unusual as they used a small Albion press to design the books, but had them printed by commercial printers. In doing so, books with the quality of a fine-press were produced, but available to a wider audience at lower prices. This edition consists of 1050 numbered copies on Dutch rag paper, printed and made in Scotland by R. & R. Clark for the Nonesuch Press in Monotype Bodoni. This is number 462. First edition thus. Abraham Cowley was an English poet born in the City of London late in 1618. He was one of the leading English poets of the 17th century, with fourteen printings of his Works published between 1668 and 1721. In 1647 a collection of his love verses, entitled 'The Mistress', was published. In a buckram binding. Externally, generally smart but with slight wear to extremities and marks to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and generally clean throughout but with spotting to text block edges and foxing to endpapers. Pages untrimmed. Very Good . Ill.: Unnamed. Very Good .

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