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The Mistress

with other select poems of Abraham Cowley 1618-1667. Edited by John Sparrow.

Stock Code 107936

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926

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Abraham Cowley was one of the first English poets to use the Pindaric ode form. The Mistress, his popular collection of love poems, was originally published in 1647.

Limited edition, number 117 of 1050 copies on Dutch rag paper; large 8vo; portrait on title page reproduced from an engraving, manuscript page written in French tipped in, occasional slight browning to fore-edge; original brown cloth over bevelled boards, red title label with gilt lettering, endpapers browned, overall a very good copy.
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The Mistress

[NONESUCH PRESS]; COWLEY, Abraham.

Stock code: 107936

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