Author: Corbet, Richard.
Title: Poems. Written by the Right Reverend Dr. Richard Corbet, late Lord Bishop of Norwich.
Description: London: Printed by J.C. for William Crook, at the Green Dragon without Temple-Bar, 1672. 0. Hardcover. Duodecimo. [xii], 138, [vi]pp. A6, B12-G12. Third edition, corrected and enlarged. With the printer's woodcut device. Pages 82, 83 & 86 misnumbered 92, 93 & 96. With bookseller's advertisements p. [1]-[5] at end. Contemporary calf. With the bookplates of Stuart Bennett, Robert Ball, and the armorial one of Thomas Jolley, Esq. F.S.A. Wing (2nd ed. 1994) C6271; Arber, E. The term catalogues, I 99; Grolier. Wither to Prior, 199; Gibson, R.W. Francis Bacon, 356; ESTC R23380. The first edition, published in 1647, was entitled: 'Certain elegant poems,' whereas the second, published in 1648, was entitled: Poëtica stromata. The first edition was edited by John Donne, the younger. The third edition is printed from a revised text. Thomas Jolley F.S.A. a previous owner, was a Covent Garden fruit salesman and potato dealer. A very good copy. Very Good.

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