Lot 1017 , [Oldham, John]. Satyrs upon the Jesuits: written in the year 1679. And some other pieces. By the Same Hand. the third edition corrected.
[Oldham, John]. Satyrs upon the Jesuits: written in the year 1679. And some other pieces. By the Same Hand. the third edition corrected. contemp. panelled calf (including gilt spine) and later red label. printed for Joseph Hindmarsh... 1685; bound with: [Oldham, John}. The Passion of Byblis in Ovid's Metamorphosis imitated in English. printed for Jo. Hindmarsh, 1685; bound with Oldham, John - Poems and Translations. title engraving printed for Jo. Hindmarsh..1684. bound with: Oldham, John - Remains of Mr. John Oldham in Verse and Prose. title engraving. printed for Jo. Hindmarsh... 1687; bound with: [Oldham, John] To the Memory of Mr Charles Morwent. A Pindarique. printed in the year 1687; bound with: [Oldham, John] Poems and Translations By the author of the Satyrs upon the Jesuits. title engraving. printed for Jo. Hindmarsh... 1684 (6 items together).
£200-300
Condition:
some leather wear (incl. piece missing base of spine), inner joint weak, some sl intermittent text marks etc. but gem. good. satyrs - (4),115pp.; 172,B-I2; Byblis - (117)-148pp.; I3-8. K8, L3; Poems etc. - (8), 134; (unsigned 4), A-H8, I4; Remains - (28), 20, 33-68pp. A-E8, F2 (ie correct pagination). Memory Morwent - (69, 70), 127pp.; F3-8, G-I8; from p.115- Memoir of Harman Atwood; Poems (etc) (6), 215; A4, B-08, P4. contemp ownership title - Cha. (?Konsys).
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