Lot 16: [BUTLER, Samuel (1612-1680)]. Hudibras. The First Part. London: J.G. for Richard Marriot, 1663 - Hudibras. The Second Part. London: T.R. for John Martyn and James Allestry, 1664 - Hudibras. The Third and Last Part. London: for Simon Miller, 1678.

3 volumes, 8 o (172 x 112 mm [I]; 169 x 110 mm [II]; 180 x 108 mm [III]). Woodcut title-vignettes (I-II). (Part I: inner margin and lower fore-corner skilfully repaired on title-page just touching two letters, a few very small holes in F2 and O5; Part II: a few minor stains; Part III: internal tear on i8, a few minor stains.) Contemporary English blind-ruled sheep on Parts I and II (front hinge strengthened on first part, joints and spine slightly repaired on second part) and panelled motted calf on Part III (joints slightly defective); dark green morocco pull-off cases. Provenance : Van Antwerp -- Canfield -- Beverly Chew (bookplate), sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 8 December 1924, lot 60 -- Jerome Kern (bookplate), sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 7 January 1929, lot 154 -- Louis H. Silver (bookplate), sold in the sale of Newberry Library duplicates from the Silver accession, Sotheby's, London, 8 November 1965, lot 53, to John Howell, San Francisco. Exhibited : Grolier Club, ' This powerfull rime,' 1975, no. 24. A SUPERB SET OF THE FIRST EDITIONS IN ORIGINAL BINDINGS. The authorized first edition of the first part of Butler's famous satire on Puritanism was issued in three formats: large octavo, small octavo, and duodecimo. The present copy belongs to the large octavo issue, which was issued prior to the other other two formats. These later issues were produced to meet the growing demand for the work. Apart from them, there were at least three other spurious or surreptitious editions, which bear no publisher or printers' names in the title imprint, but are found with the same "Jo: Berkenhead, November 11, 1662" imprimatur, as in the authorized Marriot edition. The second part belongs to the large octavo issue (a smaller octavo issue was also published). The third part can be distinguished from a second edition published the same year in that it is without a license on the title verso and contains the separate errata leaf at end. Grolier English 32 (First Part); Grolier Wither to Prior 126, 130, 134; Hayward 113; Wing B6300, B6309 and B6313. (3).