COWLEY, Abraham. Abrahami Couleij Angli, Poemata Latina. In - Lot 245

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COWLEY, Abraham. Abrahami Couleij Angli, Poemata Latina. In - Lot 245
COWLEY, Abraham. Abrahami Couleij Angli, Poemata Latina. In quibus continentur, sex libri plantarum, viz. duo herbarum, duo florum, duo sylvarum : Et unus miscellaneorum, London : T. Roycroft ; J. Martyn, 1668. In-8 of [34], 420 (i. e. 416) p., portrait-frontispiece in bust engraved by W. Faithorne (cut short. Full brown calf, double fillet framed in cold on the boards, spine ribbed, gilt title (binding restored). Binding skilfully restored (spine redone, original boards preserved, endpapers renewed), wear to headpieces, spines and corners (more marked at upper corners), paper slightly browned. First edition. Collection of learned poems, in Latin, on botany and its medicinal virtues, divided into six books: two on flowers, two on trees, two on herbs. With a biography of Cowley by Thomas Sprat, Bishop of Rochester. Provenance: bookplate label on front cover ("William J. McDonald"). Wing, C6680; Pforzheimer, 232; Perkin, M.R. Abraham Cowley. A bibliography, A29.
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