Hudibras by Samuel Butler ...

People / Organizations

• Samuel Butler (Author)

Imprint

London: printed by T. Rickaby, 1793.

Publication year

1793-1793

ESTC No.

T144809

Grub Street ID

191629

Description

2v.,plates : ill.,ports. ; 4⁰

Note

Vol. 1 is in two parts, each with separate engraved titlepage, but with continuous pagination and register.

Vol. 1, part 1, has an additional titlepage: 'Hudibras, a poem, in three cantos. By Samuel Butler. Vol. I. Part I. London: printed by T. Rickaby, for J. Edwards'; vol. 1, part 2, has a similar additional letterpress titlepage with a different imprint: "printed by T. Rickaby, for Benjamin and John White".

The second volume is entitled: 'Notes on Hudibras' and has in the direction line: Vol.II; it is divided into two parts, each with separate titlepage, but with continuous pagination and register.

With notes by Treadway Russell Nash.

Uncontrolled note

Could the singleton Vol. 1, pt. 1 letterpress titlepage hint at a reissue of that vol., the 4 BL copies being originals?