THE SHEPHEARDS ORACLES: DELIVERED IN CERTAIN EGLOGUES

Edité par printed by M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot and Richard Marriot, and are to be sold at their shop in S. Dunstans Church-yard Fleetstreet, under the Dyall 1646 [i.e. 1645], London, 1646

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190 x 143 mm. (7 1/2 x 5 1/2"). 3 p.l., 129, [1] pp. Pleasing retrospective panelled calf tooled in blind, raised bands, gilt lettering. Allegorical frontispiece by William Marshall. Wing Q-115; ESTC R218365. ?Leaves faintly browned at edges, a few small stains, a couple quires with short wormtrail to gutter margin, but an excellent copy, clean and fresh internally, in an unworn sympathetic binding. Written by an author whom DNB calls "probably the most successful English poet of his age," this work of allegorical eclogues has been largely overlooked by modern scholarship, and is ripe for reevaluation. The very pious Francis Quarles (1592-1644) began publishing religious poetry in 1620, with his greatest success being "Emblems" (1635), inspired by the Continental fashion for emblem books intended to facilitate Christian contemplation. Although mostly forgotten now, Quarles was celebrated in his day; Horace Walpole famously quipped that "Milton was forced to wait till the world had done admiring Quarles." DNB explains that the present work, written in the 1630s but not published until after the author's death, "deals with autobiographical, political, and religious matters under the thin guise of pastoral allegory. The poem includes satirical attacks on the radical fringe of the anti-episcopal 'Root and Branch' party, also allegorical portraits of [Quarles'] friend, Phineas Fletcher, and an Arminian 'Master Shepheard' who is severely criticized and must be Archbishop Laud." The text is preceded by a wonderful allegorical frontispiece depicting the Tree of Religion being attacked on all sides: men with axes chop down its limbs, a Jesuit strips its bark, a group of sectarians dig up its roots, and a gentleman holding a gun and two impaled books labelled "Liturgy" and "Cannons" aims for the branches. Defending the tree is a cleric with a pitcher of water, King Charles I in full armor, and a large, disembodied hand with a sword reaching down from the sky. In addition to its literary merits, this work also holds historical value; as DNB reminds us, "Nearly all ofQuarles'works stand in an interesting relationship to public affairs and serve to enrich the picture of Stuart England." Our first edition is a difficult book to find, especially, as here, in agreeable condition.…

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Titre
THE SHEPHEARDS ORACLES: DELIVERED IN CERTAIN EGLOGUES
Auteur
QUARLES, FRANCIS
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printed by M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot and Richard Marriot, and are to be sold at their shop in S. Dunstans Church-yard Fleetstreet, under the Dyall 1646 [i.e. 1645], London
Année de publication
1646
Édition
FIRST EDITION, Third Printing.
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Literature, Political Science, Economics, & Law, STC and Wing Books

Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA)

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