Hudibras. In Three Parts. Writtenin the Time of the Late Wars.
London: Printed and are to be sold by Richard Parker, 1689.
Price: $300.00
About the item
Corrected and Amended with Several Additions and Annotations. Separate titles for each part, third part has separate pagination and gathers. 1 vols. Sm. 4to. Contemporary panelled calf. Worn, front cover and first few blanks detached with the siganture of Anne Stillingfleet on front free endpaper, else very good. STC 6320.
Item #31483
The adventures of Hudibras and his trusty squire Ralpho, who, in the style of Don Quixote set forth to battle evil, in this case on a miserable horse and with rusty arms, to woo the widow. The conversations between Hudibras and his squire are used to showand mock the “hypocrisy and self-seeking of the Presbyterians and Independents” (Oxford Companion). The second part of Part III given an “account of the principles and proceedings of the republicans prior to the Restoration” (Oxford Companion).
