1687 POETRY ABRAHAM COWLEY 17th CENTURY POET 3 POEMS

THE
MISTRESS
OR
SEVERAL COPIES
OF LOVE VERSES

PINDARIQUE
ODES
WRITTEN IN IMITATION OF THE STILE AND MANNER
OF THE
ODES OF PINDAR

DAVIDEIS
A SACRED POEM OF THE TROUBLES OF DAVID
IN FOUR BOOKS

PLUS

DAVIDEIDOS
LIBER PRIMUS
TEXT IN LATIN

Each work has separate page numbers 327 pages in total.

ARAHAM COWLEY 1618 - 1667
Born in London, he studied at Cambridge and was publishing poetry at the age of 15. During the Civil War he went with the Queen to Paris, was sent on royalist missions, and carried on her correspondence in cipher with the King. After the restoration he retired to Chertsey. His main works were the Pindarique Odes 1656, and his unfinished epic on King David, Divideis.

This large volume contains 3 works each with its own title page, published in London, printed for Henry Herringman, at the sign of the Blue Anchor, in the lower walk of the next exchange, dated 1687.

CONDITION
Rebound in the early 20th century in paper covered board now worn with splits to hinges, some pages are browned, some with damp stain to margin, last leaf lacks bottom third of paper with no loss of text.

Size is 12 by 7¾ inches
 

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