V. 2 has title: "The second part of the works of Mr. Abraham Cowley, being what was written and published by himself in his younger years, and now reprinted together. The fifth ed. London : Printed by Mary Clark for Charles Harper ... and Abel Swalle ..., MDXLXXXIV."; begins new pagination and register.
"The mistress", "Pindarique odes", and "Davideis" (v. 1) have separate paging and special title pages; "The tragicall history of Piramus and Thisbe", "Sylva", "Love's riddle", and "Naufragium" (v. 2) have special title pages.
"An account of the life and writings of Mr Abraham Cowley" signed: T. Sprat [i.e. Thomas Sprat].
With an engraved frontispiece portrait of the author (v.1) signed: "W. Faithorne sculp."; title page of v.2 is preceded by an engraving of Cowley's memorial with imprint: "London printed for C. Harper, and I. Tonson in Fleetstreet 1681"; signed: "R. White sculp."
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The works of Mr. Abraham Cowley. : Consisting of those which were formerly printed and those which he design'd for the press : now published out of the authors original copies.
Accession number:
PML 128537
Published:
London: : Printed by J.M. [i.e. John Macock] for Henry Herringman, and are to be sold by Charles Harper at the Flower-de-luce over against S. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, and Abel Swalle at the Unicorn at the West End of S. Paul's., 1684.
Credit:
Gift of Virginia Scott Sterling, 2001.
Description:
2 v. in 1 ([4], xl, 41, [1], 80, [4], 58, 61-70, 154, 23, [1], 147, [1]; [8], 161, [1] p.) : ill. (metal cut), port. (metal cut) ; 30cm. (fol.)
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Binding:
Full red morocco, the covers gilt tooled in lozenge-shaped compartments, perhaps by Queens' Binders A and D.
Provenance:
Bookplates of Sir Edward Sullivan, Frank B. Bemis, and Hall Park McCullough.
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