1819 HUDIBRAS English Civil War Samuel Butler Political Satire Color Illustrated

1819 HUDIBRAS English Civil War Samuel Butler Political Satire Color Illustrated

"Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a dial to the sun, although it be not shined upon."

― Samuel Butler, Hudibras

Samuel Butler, a 17th-century satirist, is mostly remembered only for his work 'Hudibras' which satirizes religious sects, such as Puritans and Presbyterians, during the English Civil War. It became an instant success and was popular throughout Great Britain, but perhaps its most notable publication came through the political satire artwork of William Hogarth.

Voltaire thought highly of Butler's 'Hudibras'

"There is one English poem, the title whereof is 'Hudibras'; it is 'Don Quixote' – it is our Satyre Menippee blended together: I never met with so much wit in one single book as in this." (Lowndes 335)

This 1819 two-volume edition is the first edition with the illustrations of Clarke – 12 highly desirable hand-color engravings.

Item number: #17092

Price: $750

BUTLER, Samuel

Hudibras: a poem

London : Printed by W. Lewis ... for Thomas M'Lean, 1819.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages – 2 volumes

o Vol. I – lxxiv, [2], 444

§ 7 colored plates

o Vol. II – 494

§ 5 colored plates

· Provenance: Bookplate

o Leonard Harrison Matthews

§ Leonard Harrison Matthews (1901–1986) was a British zoologist, especially known for his research and writings on marine mammals. Son of Harold E. Matthews.

o Harold E. Matthews

§ Harold Evan Matthews was a pharmaceutical chemist in Clifton. Father of Leonard Harrison Matthews.

· Language: English

· Binding: Leather; tight and secure

o Green Moroccan leather

· Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in (21.5cm x 14cm)

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