Posthumous works in prose and verse, written in the time of the civil wars and reign of K. Charles II. by Mr. Samuel Butler, author of Hudibras. From original MSS. and scarce and valuable pieces formerly printed. With a key to Hudibras, by Sir Roger L'Estrange. The second edition.
Samuel Butler (1612-1680)
Category
Books
Date
1715
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3087457
Summary
Bibliographic description
[28], 243, [21] p. : port. ; 12mo. Running number: 7484. Shelved and uniform with 'The second volume of the posthumous works of Mr. Samuel Butler' (London, 1715). Provenance: manuscript former shelfmark (eighteenth-century) on front pastedown: "X.39.". Manuscript book/inventory number on front fly-leaf: "(62)". Manuscript former shelfmark (nineteenth-century?) in pencil on front fly-leaf: "32.g[?].13". Binding: eighteenth-century Cambridge-style blind-panelled calf; sewn on two supports; four raised bands; blind roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine (title label missing). Red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Samuel Butler (1612-1680) Sir Roger L'Estrange (1616-1704) Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680) Michael Vandergucht (Antwerp 1660 – London 1725)