The Works of Edmund Waller, Efq; in Verse and Prose

First Edition in near very good condition in later half calf over cloth covered boards with a handsome 6 panelled spine titled in gilt over red ground. Corners rubbed; marbled endpapers very fresh; text block age toned as expected; a square and very sound volume. Several interesting previous ownership inscriptions in contemporary hands reveal themselves to the preliminaries: ‘John Phillips 1760’ and scribblings to front flyleaf; ‘Ernest A Kent 1882’ and ‘JJ [Towers] 1954’ to front free; ‘Thomas [Howick Surgeon]’ to title page. Frontispiece portrait of Edmund Waller Efq. in good condition. 295 pp. plus Observations i - clxiii. 1 engraved leaf. 1 folding plate trimmed short to tail.