By the Incomparable, Mrs. K.P.
Poems By the Incomparable, Mrs. K.P.
J.G. for Rich. Marriott, 1664.
First edition. Octavo. Contemporary English sheep with later morocco title label lettered in gilt to the spine. Bound with the Imprimatur leaf opposite the title page and the errata leaf and blanks bound integrally as called for. Woodcut device of a wreath on title page, and one woodcut initial. A very good copy indeed, with a little general wear and a few abrasions to the surface of the binding with a small repair to the lower corner of the rear board. Front endpaper partly excised, but internally fresh. A superb copy in its original state.
The sole lifetime publication of the Anglo-Welsh royalist, known to her friends and admirers as the "Matchless Orinda" and the "English Sappho", considered among the most respected and influential English woman writers of the seventeenth century. The work was controversially published without Philips' authorisation in January 1664 and withdrawn by the publisher the same month.
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