A Feast for Worms; Pentelogia; Hadassa (or the History of Queen Ester); Job Militant; The History of Sampson; Sions Sonnets sung by Solomon the King and paraphrased; Sions Elegies, wept by Jeremiah the Prophet and Paraphras'd
by Francis Quarles
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/N
- Seller
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
A compilation of Quarles' works. The overall title page with details of the publisher is missing, but there is a dedication to King Charles I which was clearly specially written for the work, which makes it likely that it was published in the 1630's (it makes no reference to Civil War). Each work has a separate title page or a large heading, and retains the dedications etc written when they were first published. The first text is 'A Feast for Worms' totalling 64 pages, which has a note for the Reader and has pages 13-36 misbound out of sequence. The second is Pentelogia, a short text covering pp 65-70. The third is Hadassa with a separate title page, preface to the Reader, introduction, dedication, and the History of Esther, running to p 147. The fourth is Job Militant with half title page, proposition, dedication and text running to p 231. The fifth is the History of Sampson with no title page but starting with 'To the Reader' and text to p 232. The sixth is Sion's Sonnets with a separate title page, note to readers and sonnets to p 369. The seventh is Sion's Elegies with a title page, note to the Reader and text through to p 431. There is an Epitaph - Her Epitaph - after the end page of the Elegies. In original full leather binding with raised bands. The binding is worn with split joints and wear to corners, edges and spine. The contents are in good clean condition and appear complete bar the initial title page and any preliminaries before the dediction to King Charles. There is some browning to page edges.
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- Bookseller
- E C Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030998
- Title
- A Feast for Worms; Pentelogia; Hadassa (or the History of Queen Ester); Job Militant; The History of Sampson; Sions Sonnets sung by Solomon the King and paraphrased; Sions Elegies, wept by Jeremiah the Prophet and Paraphras'd
- Author
- Francis Quarles
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- N
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Charles I, Quarles, Sonnets, elegies, 17th century writing
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE; HISTORY; 17th century works;
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall
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E C Books
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E C Books
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Birsay, Orkney
About E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
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