1817 Rare Knightly Adventures Book - HUDIBRAS, in Three Parts, written in the Time of the Late Wars by Samuel Butler.

 

(Description)

Author: Samuel Butler, Esq.
Title: Hudibras, In Three Parts. Written in the Time of the Late Wars. With a Life of the Author, Annotations, and an Index.
Publisher: London, J. Walker, F.C. and J. Rivington and al., 1817.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 5 " X 3 ".
Pages: viii-336 pages + index.
Binding: Attractive and very good full navy morocco leather binding with blind-stamped decorated boards and gilt decorations on the spine (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges marbled.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown, name of a previous owner on the second blank - as shown). 
Illustrations: Complete with the nice frontispiece illustration and the illustrated title page.

The book: Rare and attractively bound edition of Hudibras - a vigorous satirical poem, written in a mock-heroic style by Samuel Butler (1613–1680), and published in three parts in 1663, 1664 and 1678. The action is set in the last years of the Interregnum, around 1658–60, immediately before the restoration of Charles II as king in May 1660.
The story shows Hudibras, a knight and colonel in the Parliamentary army, being regularly defeated, sometimes by the skills and courage of women, and ends with a witty and detailed declaration that women are superior to men

The author: Samuel Butler (baptized 14 February 1613 – 25 September 1680) was an English poet and satirist. He is remembered now chiefly for a long satirical poem titled Hudibras.