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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. Adorn'd with a new set of cuts
1764BB0114London: printed for C. Hitch G. Hawkins C. Bathurst J. Tonson J. Worral R. Baldwin T. Longman J. Bathoe C. Corbett T. Lownds G. Kearsly T. Becket W. Nichol and M. Richardson 1764. Full Calf. Fine-. Best edition" Lowndes with Grey's annotations and Hogarth's plates of the most celebrated satire of the seventeenth century. Complete in two octavo volumes with engraved half-length portrait of the author by Vertue and 16 full-page engravings five folding by Mynde after Hogarth. 2xivxxxvi42416; 244624pp. Contemporary full calf spines in six compartments divided by gilt-ruled bands red morocco lettering pieces gilt all edges speckled red. Engraved armorial spade shield bookplates of J. G. Vernon on front paste-downs. A superlative set: endpapers and a few preliminaries and final leaves browned at margins but otherwise clean and bright; plates pristine in deep rich impressions; boards firmly attached bindings tight and intact. Grolier English 100 32. Bland pp. 216-19. Wither to Prior 137. Dibdin Library Companion p.731 "the best critical edition not only of this author but doubtless of every other of the period". Brunet I 1427-28. Lowndes 335. Maslen & Lancaster Bowyer Ledgers 4485. Paulson Hogarth’s Graphic Works 73-84. Second Hogarth edition with Grey's notes with "many emendations upon that of 1744" according to Lowndes. Originally published in three parts between 1663 and 1678; the first edition with Hogarth's plates appeared in 1726 and the plates were re-engraved for this edition. Influenced by Rabelais and particularly Cervantes' Don Quixote Butler's mock-heroic poem satirized Roundheads Puritans Presbyterians and other factions of the English Civil War. "Although 'written in the time of the late Wars' Hudibras was not licensed to be printed until 11 November 1662 two years after re-establishment of the monarchy when a satire on Puritanism could no longer give offense to the ruling party. On the contrary the satisfaction which it gave to the King and court had much to do with the great success it achieved." Grolier English Literature 100 32. Samuel Pepys bought a copy and finding no humor in it sold it the same day. Still the book enjoyed enormous popularity and on 5 November 1663 the Second Part appeared. Fourteen years passed before 'Hudibras: the Third and Last Part' dated 1678 was entered in the Stationers' register on 22 August 1677 and put on sale. Multiple editions as well as pirated issues of the individual parts as well as combined editions were published by 1680. According to Bland Hogarth's plates are a "landmark in English illustration and emphasize its divergence from an international style. . . . nothing could be more different from French work of the time . . . Hogarth aims at the common man; where the French illustrator is salacious he is coarse; where the French illustrator chooses a classical or aristocratic subject he prefers a contemporary plebeian one; and he is moral where the Frenchman is amoral." N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. printed for C. Hitch, G. Hawkins, C. Bathurst, J. Tonson, J. Worral, R. Baldwin, T. Longman, J. Bathoe, C. Corbett, T. Lownds, G unknown
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