Hudibras, in three parts, written in the Time of the Late Wars: Corrected and Amended. with Large Annotations and a Preface, by Zachary Grey. LL.D.
Cambridge: Printed by J. Bentham. Printer to the University, for W. Innys & c, 1744.
Price: $400.00
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Hogarth, William. First Hogarth edition, with list of subscribers. Adorn'd with a new Set of Cuts [By William Hogarth, (1697–1764)]. xxxvi, [42, subscriber], 424, [16, index]; 446, [24, index, errata] pp. 2 vols. Thick 8vo. Bound in 3/4 polished brown nineteenth century calf (neatly rebacked), marbled boards. Very Good copy.
Item #26494
His small illustrations to Samuel Butler's mock-heroic Hudibras, published in 1726 but executed earlier (ibid., nos. 5–21), led to an ambitious project to publish by subscription, through the publisher Philip Overton, twelve large plates, also in illustration of Hudibras (ibid., nos. 82–93), unequivocally of his own invention, with monumental figures and learned allusions to Italian art.
