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[004509] Howard, Henry; Wiat, Thomas [Wyatt, Thomas] Poems of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Who Flourish’d in the Reign of Henry the Eighth. Printed from a Correct Copy. With the Poems of Sir Thomas Wiat, and Others His Famous Contemporaries Etc Etc. London: W. Meares and J. Brown, 1717. Reprint. 8vo. Hardback. Ex-Library. Good. [7], viii-xvi, [1], 2-263pp, [7]. Original panelled calf boards, later rebacked in lighter calf, raised bands, spine in six panels, title label to second panel, remaining panels with central floral spray in blind, date in gilt to foot
Corners worn, with small amounts of loss, rubbed to extremities. Ex-library ink stamps to A1, A2, A3, and B1, with a small burn hole to E4, catching a letter to E4r, but with no loss of sense
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, KG (1516/1517 – 19 January 1547) was an English nobleman, politician and poet; Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503 – 11 October 1542) was a 16th-century English politician, ambassador, and lyric poet credited with introducing the sonnet to English literature (Wikipedia)
