CATALOGUE DE LIVRES RARES FINE BOOKS - Camille Sourget

First edition of this collection of poems from the 17th and 18th centuries, arranged in
chronological order according to the reigns: Henri VIII, Elizabeth I (Shakespeare, Philipp
Sydney, Daniel Fletcher, Marlow, Sir Walter, …), James I (Witter, Ben Jonson,William Barton, …),
Charles I (Carew, Habington, Richard Lovelace, Sir Henry Wotton, Sir John Sukting, William
Cartwright, Sir John Suckling), Charles II (Cowley, Milton, John Dryden, Edmond Waller, …).
A precious copy of this esteemed first edition, one of only 2 copies printed on “papier vélin”.
The present copy was handsomely contemporary bound by Staggemeier and Welcher in English
morocco decorated in mosaic pattern.
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