Metaphysical Poets. [Wells (Jeremiah), Cowley (Abraham, et a...

Hammer

£100

Metaphysical Poets. [Wells (Jeremiah), Cowley (Abraham, et al], Poems Upon Divers (sic) Occasions. With a Character of a London Scrivener, first edition, London: Printed for John Crosley Book-seller in Oxford, 1667,  general title and half-title for London Scrivener, [viii], 128, [16] (The Garden; bound-in but not called for on contents, as per), [1] (blank), [1] (half-title), 129-138, disbound, the edges with very minor creases &/or chips, some toning and lighter staining in places, but a good reading copy, 8vo; [&] Herbert (George), A Priest to the Temple. Or, The Country Parson, His Character and Rule of Holy Life. The Third Impression. London: Printed by T.R. for Benj. Tooke, 1675, imprimatur leaf, black-ruled title-page, [xl], 58, [1] (blank), 166, [10]pp (advertisement), title-page fore-edge chipped with loss of some letters,  contemporary panelled calf, chipped, rebacked, verso of imprimatur leaf with early 19th and mid-20th c ink MS female ownership inscriptions, 12mo, (2)