Samuel Butler; Zachary Grey

Hudibras, in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars

London, Vernor and Hood, 1801. Leather. An illustrated and nicely bound edition of Samuel Bulter's popular poem 'Hudibras', with notes by Zachary Grey. Complete in two volumes. 'Hudibras' is a long narrative poem which was published four years after Charles II was restored to the throne. The poem follows the knight Sir Hudibras, who is lauded with much abusrb praise, and it a satirical poem, directed against religious sectarianism. Written by Samuel Butler. Butler is best known for this work, which was very popular when it was first published, being reprinted many times in Butler's life. With annotations and a preface by Zachary Grey, who was an editor, priest, and controversialist. With a frontispiece to Volume I, and seven plates. Volume II with five plates. Collated, incomplete, as lacking plates three, nine, and fourteen. In a half crushed morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, smart. Some light rubbing to the spines. A couple of light marks to the boards. Prior owner's ink inscription to the verso to the front free endpaper of Volume I, 'To our beloved Vicar, with grateful thanks in memory of Hilary, from Leila & Marjory, Nov 27th 1920&apos. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front free endpaper of Volume II. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with scattered spots. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 641P55

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: hudibras samuel butler Zachary Grey narrative poem samuel butler puritans presbyterians Not Stated

Samuel Butler; Zachary Grey

Hudibras, in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars: Corrected and Amended with Large Annotations, and a Preface, by Zachary Grey, LL. D.

Cambridge, J. Bentham, 1744. Leather. A brilliant two volume illustrated edition of this work by acclaimed poet Samuel Butler. Samuel Butler (1613-1680) was a poet and satirist, Hudibras, a mock-heroic poem, being his most widely remembered work. It takes the form of a royalist satirical polemic upon many groups behind the English Civil War, including Roundheads, Puritans and Presbyterians, published four years after the restoration of Charles II to the throne. It was extremely popular upon its first releases in 1663, 1664 and 1678, with pirated copies circulating. Describes the tale of knight Sir Hudibras, lauded so much it becomes absurd, although the poet frowns upon his religious views. Volume I contains a frontispiece illustration, five folding plates and five full plate illustrations. Volume II contains one folding plate and six full plate illustrations. Collated, complete. In a full calf binding. Externally lovely, minor shelf wear to the extremities. Internally firmly bound, pages bright and clean, small tear to the frontispiece illustration in vol I. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 750R6

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poetry samuel butler hudibras samuel butler Not Stated

Samuel Butler

Hudibras, in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars

Dublin, A. Reilley; Robert Owen; WIlliam Brien, 1744. Leather. Zachary Grey's illustrated pirate edition of 'Hudibras' a brilliant poem written just in the wake of the English Civil War. A pirated Irish edition.Complete in two volumes.ESTC citation number N7227.Volume I illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, four folding plates, and five plates.Volume II illustrated with one folding plate, and six plates. Also including six duplicate plates loosely inserted, duplicates of plates facing pages 40, 46, 90, 118, 181, and 315.Nine leaves of subscribers list to the rear of Volume I.Collated, complete.'Hudibras' is a long narrative poem which was published four years after Charles II was restored to the throne. The poem follows the knight Sir Hudibras, who is lauded with much praise, and it a satirical poem, directed against religious sectarianism.The poem was very well received when published, and was very popular, being reprinted many times.Written by Samuel Butler. Butler is best known for this work, which was very popular when it was first published, being reprinted many times in Butler's life.Illustrated by Zachary Grey. Including a life of the author. In a rebacked calf binding. Externally, smart. Minor marks and light rubbing to the boards. Light bumping to the extremities. Tide mark to the front board of Volume I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean with only the occasional spot. Neat repair to the reverse of the folding plate facing page 381 of Volume I. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Zachary Grey. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 842P13

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Hudibras, in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars hudibras samuel butler zachary grey hudibras pirate Zachary Grey

Samuel Butler

Hudibras

London, Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1819. Leather. A lovely set of Bulter's brilliant political satire and mock heroic epic poem. A New Edition, corrected and enlarged. With Dr Grey's annotations. Illustrated titles to each volume, two frontispieces, and five plates. Numerous humorous vignette illustrations to the titles and in the text throughout, many with tissue guards. Sixteen pages of 'Translations of Hudibras' dated 1818 bound into the middle of volume I, the same first two pages of this at the end of volume II. Complete in three volumes. The work is a satirical polemic upon Roundheads, Puritans, Presbyterians and many of the other factions involved in the English Civil War. The work was begun, according to the title page, during the civil war and published in three parts in 1663, 1664 and 1678, with the first edition encompassing all three parts in 1684. Published only four years after Charles II had been restored to the throne and the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell being completely over, the poem found an appreciative audience. Hudibras was an extremely popular work with pirate copies and a spurious second part being issued before Butler could produce his genuine second part in 1664. It was highly praised with Voltaire in his Letters on the English saying "I never found so much wit in one single book". The mock heroic epic and its jaunty verse form known as Hudibrastic became the standard of satire for some time after that with at least twenty-seven direct imitations being produced. Fifty years after the last part was written a new edition was published, with illustrations by William Hogarth, who later became one of the foremost artists of the day. The work remained popular for several centuries as a warning against the zealotry during the Civil War period of English history. Elegantly rebound in half calf with marbled boards. Externally very good, just a little shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and generally clean, a few scattered spots, heavier to the plates. Large amount of off-setting from an unknown source to pages 360-61 of volume II. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: SET23-H-2

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Samuel Johnson Hudibras Dr Grey Satire Hudibras None

Butler, Samuel:

Hudipras - 2 Volumes. with Historical, Biographical and Explanatory Notes, Selected from Grey and Other Authors.; To Which are Prefixed, a Life of the Author, and a Preliminary Discourse on the Civil War. Embellished with 12 engravings.

London, Akerman, Strand, Walker, 1822. new Edition LXXIV, 444, 494 Seiten plus 8°, Lether Goldprägung, marmorierter Schnitt, 12 kolorierte ganzseitige Abbildungen, bei den Bildern im Satzspiegel gedunkelt, Buckrücken angeplatzt, beschädigt und von Laienhand mit Stoffbands fixiert, Vorsatzblatt Band 1 mit Papierband innen fixiert, einige Seiten etwas fleckig, sonst guter Zustand

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Book number: 438707

Catalogue: Geschichte

BUTLER, SAMUEL

The Humour of Homer and Other Essays

London, A. C. Fifield. 1913. hardcover. Good/Good.

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Book number: 055332

Catalogue: Humour

Samuel Butler; R Cooper

Illustrations of Hudibras Sixty Portraits of Celebrated Political and Literary Characters, Impostors and Enthusiasts Alluded to Butler in His Hudibras.

London, Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1821. Leather. A wonderful collection of portraits of characters from Samuel Butler's mock heroic poem. With each plate by R Cooper. Direct from the Regency library of Elizabeth Greenly, later Lady Elizabeth Coffin Greenly. Elizabeth Greenly, born at Titley Court, Herefordshire, was a noted and varied collector. She kept prolific diaries from 1784 until her death in 1839 which included her responses to current events and occasions in her daily life. Among the diaries many names and anecdotes of celebrities of the time appear, including Lord Byron, Marie Antoinette, Mary Wollstonecraft and Hannah More. She was known to comment on customs of foreign countries to which she and her friends had travelled, and had a keen interest in scientific discoveries and advancements including medicine and archaeology. The Greenly library contents show Elizabeth Greenly's numerous interests including: Welsh causes, Science, topography, travel, Bibliana and literature, particularly female poets. The library contains many first editions of contemporary works, and many are signed or contain her bookplate. The library contained over 1000 volumes which show the diversity and depth of her interests and give an insight into the life of this fascinating collector. Collated, complete. The contents lists each portrait plate and lists the Part, Canto and Line of Hudibras they are mentioned. In a half calf binding. Externally, generally smart. Rubbing to joints and spine. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Spotting to first and last few pages with the odd spot throughout. Very Good . Ill.: R Cooper. Very Good .

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Book number: LTH13-D-23

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Greenly Lady Coffin Greenly Titley Court Hudibras Lady Coffin Greenly Poetry R Cooper

Samuel Butler

A Letter to Henry Brougham, Esq. M.P. On Certain Clauses in the Education Bills Now Before Parliament

Shrewsbury, W. Eddowes by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1820 . First edition. Paperback. Schoolmaster Samuel Butler's very scarce letter addressing Henry Brougham on the subject of his 1820 education bill. The first edition of this very scarce work.In 1816, as a result of the efforts of leading Whig reformer Henry Brougham, a 'Select Committee on the Education of the Lower Orders in the Metropolis' was set up, which estimated that 120,000 children in London were receiving no schooling at all.In 1820 Brougham introduced a bill 'for better promoting the means of education for His Majesty's subjects in England and Wales', proposing that schools should be aided by local authorities and that teachers should be members of, and appointed by, the Church of England.English classical scholar, schoolmaster of Shrewsbury School, and Bishop of Lichfield, Samuel Butler discusses certain clauses of the bill in this letter.With small ink inscriptions to the title page head and tail, and a small paper label to the title page tail.Offering insight into England's education system in a time of significant advancements. Rebound in modern paper wraps. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Title page significantly age toned with extensive handling marks. Inscription and paper label to title page head, with further inscription to title page tail. Pages lightly age toned, with light handling marks and spotting throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 907F33

Catalogue: Economics & Social Sciences

Keywords: A letter to Henry Brougham, Esq., M.P., on certain clauses in the education bills now before Parliament Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry education parliamentary bill Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry None

BUTLER] [Samuel

Life and Letters. Vol. VII No. 41. [Samuel Butler Number including unpublished Extracts from the Note-Books] October 1931.]. Edited by Desmond McCarthy. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Life and Letters,, 1931. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; original printed wrappers, covers somewhat age-marked and loose else a good, clean copy. The issue contains 'Samuel Butler' by his editor, 'Charles Paine Pauli and Samuel Butler' and the 'Unpublished Extracts' (with the permission of A.T. Bartholomew)

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Book number: 1677

Catalogue: Modern First Editions0

Keywords: modern first editions, modern firsts, butler, butler, samuel butler

Butler, Samuel.

Life and Habit.

Wildwood House: London, 1981. Paperback, repr. of 1910 ed.. 21.5x13.5x2.5 cm. 310 pp. In very good condition.(ISBN: 0704504251). 'Please order first, before collecting books from our shop'

Antiquariaat Fenix AmsterdamProfessional seller

Book number: 13601

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: 0704504251

SAMUEL BUTLER

Life and Letters

London, Jonathan Cape, 1931, 1st Edition. Soft cover , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, Edited by Desmond MacCarthy, this is a small booklet,published in october 1931 ,vol.VII, No 41.it tarts from page 235 and finished at page 310.Clean,not inscribed in good nick. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 3480

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Essays Literature Non Fiction Biography

BUTLER, SAMUEL.

Luck, or Cunning, as The Main Means of Organic Modification? An Attempt to Throw Additional Light Upon the Late Mr. Charles Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection.

First Edition; Cr. 8vo; pp. xii, 328; marbled endpapers, index, erratum, bound in half leather with green cloth boards, raised bands, title and decoration in gilt on spine, all edges marbled, institution stamp in gilt on upper board and spine, no other institution marks, very good copy. London; Trubner & Co.; 1887.

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Book number: 122443

Keywords: natural history Charles Darwin

Samuel Butler

Merkwürdige Reisen ins Land Erewhon

Buchclub 65 1981. Gebundene Ausgabe Guter Zustand, ohne Namenseintrag Gut - gebraucht

buchgenie.de Sigrun WuerteleProfessional seller

Book number: BU315882

Catalogue: Ratgeber