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[COLOR-PLATE BOOKS]. BUTLER, Samuel (1613-1680). Hudibras, a Poem… London: Printed for Akerman, Walker and Co., et al., 1822. 8vo. Illustrated with all 12 hand-colored plates after J. Clark, plus 2 uncolored engraved frontispieces after C. Sharpe. 2 volumes. [lxvi], [1]-444; 494 pp. Bound to style in modern quarter brown calf over marbled boards, vellum tips, red gilt morocco lettering labels on spines, modern endleaves (occasional foxing, thumbsoiling in text). Fine. NEW EDITION. This famous poem lampoons the Puritans, and was a huge success in England when it first appeared in 1663-1677.