BUTLER, Samuel.
The British Poets: Samuel Butler.
London: British Literary Society , n.d.
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The Extra-Illustrated Crown edition of The Poems of Samuel Butler
The extra-illustrated Crown edition of the poems of Samuel Butler, limited to ten numbered and registered sets. Duodecimo, two volumes, publisher’s exquisite deluxe full morocco binding with gilt titles and elaborate botanical gilt tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and elaborate botanical gilt decorations to the front and rear panels, ivory and green floral inlays to the spine and panels, full morocco doublures elaborately decorated in gilt, silk-watered endleaves, all edges gilt, ribbons bound in, extra-illustrated with tissue-guarded hand-coloured plates. In near fine condition.
Seventeenth-century English poet and satirist Samuel Butler (1613–1680) was best known for his mock-heroic poem Hudibras (1663–1678), which offered a pointed critique of Puritanism and the political tensions of the English Civil War. Written in rhymed couplets, the poem employed wit, parody, and learned allusion to expose religious hypocrisy and ideological extremism. Hudibras achieved considerable popularity for its inventive language and comic force, and it exerted a lasting influence on later satirists such as Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope. Butler’s work departed from strict classical decorum, adopting a more colloquial and flexible style that enabled him to combine intellectual satire with broad humor. His writing remains significant for its incisive engagement with the political and cultural conflicts of seventeenth-century England.
The British Poets: Samuel Butler.
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