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Illustrations to Butler's Hudibras Consisting of Sixty Portraits of Celebrated Political and Literary Characters Impostors and Enthusiasts Alluded to in that Work
1843rif. 625L13London: John Dowding 1843. Leather. Very Good. 10" by 6.5". R Cooper. A fascinating collection of portraits of characters alluded to in Samuel Butler's famous mock heroic poem Hudibras A very scarce suite of portraits which was first published for the 1819 edition of Hudibras with Grey's notes. This collection is lacking three plates Oliver Cromwell Joan of Arc and Martin Luther. With each plate by R Cooper. Cooper was an historical and portrait engraver. His work was prolific for many decades with his first work recorded in the Biographical Magazine of 1795. His contributions were mostly to the periodical press. The contents lists each portrait plate and lists the Part Canto and Line of Hudibras they are mentioned. Hudibras is a mock heroic poem written in the seventeenth century. It was a long narrative polemic upon the Roundheads Puritans Presbyterians and many more factions involved in the English Civil War. A popular satire the work tells the story of Sir Hudibras a Knight errant. In a half morocco binding with marbled paper boards. Externally generalyl smart. Rubbing to the extremities and to the joints. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with scattered spotting throughout heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good John Dowding hardcover
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