Description
AB117590, Oldham John, The Works of Mr. John Oldham, Together with His Remains. The Sixth Edition Corrected, Ulster, 1703, Dan Brown John Nicholson Benj Tooke and George Strahan, Sixth Edition Corrected, Half Leather & Paper Covered Boards, Very Good, 8vo, pp. (iv), 459; 113. The prelims consist of the first work’s bastard title (preceding the collation that follows) & 2pp. of contents i.e. A2. [A2, B- Gg8, A- I4] Lacking portrait & general title. A2’s catchword corresponds with B’s opening word. Four works in one volume; all dated 1703 & each with separate title pages: Satyrs upon the Jesuits; Poems and Translations; Poems and Translations; Remains. Original boards soiled, scuffed & rubbed robustly re-backed (early C20th) in untitled olive leather. Ghost of bookplate’s removal from front paste-down. Stain at head of first bastard title page affecting the first 20pp; text otherwise clean. Brooks Oldham 26.
