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Title: Lot of 11 volumes Author: Prior, Mathew Place: London Publisher: Date: Various dates Description: Comprises: Poems on Several Occasions. Engraved frontispiece. Engraved vignette on title. On fine paper watermarked with Strassburg bend. Folio, modern quarter cloth. Subscriber's Issue. Tonson & Barber, 1718. * Poems on Several Occasions. Engraved portrait frontispiece. 8vo, full panelled calf. First Authorized Edition, First Issue. Tonson, 1709. * The History of His Own Time. Engraved frontispiece. (8vo), later calf. Stated Second Edition. Printed for the Editor, 1740. * Poems on Several Occasions. Engraved port. (12mo), period panelled calf. Tonson & Barber, 1721. * Poems on Several Occasions. Engr. frontis. (12mo), calf. Tonson, 1713. * The Poetical Works. Engraved frontis. (8vo), period marbled calf. Strahan et al, 1779. * Poems on Several Occasions. 2 volumes. Engraved port. (12mo), period calf. Stated 6th Ed. Lintot & Tonson, 1741. * The Hind and the Panther Transvers'd. 8vo, disbound. Hills, 1709. * Ketton-Cremer. Matthew Prior. 12mo, wrappers. 1957. Together, 11 volumes. Very good collection of 17th and 18th century editions of Matthew Prior, plus one reference work. Matthew Prior (1664-1721) was a diplomat as well as a poet. He is best known for his witty light verse and satire. Lot Amendments Condition: Condition varies; old calf bindings with expected wear, some covers coming loose; scattered browning, other minor flaws/stains; folio edition with repairs to frontispiece and to final leaf; overall about very good. Item number: 165603