[Prior, Matthew]

Poems on Several Occasions

London: Jacob Tonson, 1718. First Edition. Folio, frontispiece, engraved title, [38], 506, [6] pp; full contemporary calf. Some foxing to preliminaries; title page toned from engraving ink; covers scuff, wear to edges, hinges, and spine; front cover detached along with front endpaper and first blank leaf; bookplate and neat ownership signature on front pastedown. Item #205907

Subscriber's edition, on fine paper with the Strasbourg Arms watermark. The preferred state of the best edition of Prior, published to supersede an unauthorized edition of his works.

Price: $850.00