John Oldham — The Works of Mr. John Oldham

London, Dan. Brown, 1703. Leather. An intricately blind tooled sixth edition copy of the posthumously collected works of John Oldham. The sixth edition of this work, first published in 1686 by John Hindmarsh. Bound in full calf with intricate blind tooling to boards.  ESTC T135548 Erroneous pagination from 257-272pp. Collated, lacking the frontispiece portrait engraving otherwise complete. Beginning with Satyrs upon the Jesuits, featuring a separate title page bearing the imprint, 'London, printed for Dan. Brown, John Nicholson, Benj. Tooke, and George Strahan, 1703&apos. Including two further sections with separate title pages for Poems and Translations, with the same imprints and continuous pagination, as called for.  The Remains of Mr John Oldham is bound to the rear, also with a separate title page dated 1703.  Oldham was a satirical poet and translator of the classical poetry. He died in 1683, with this collection of his poetic works appearing three years later and subsequently published throughout the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.    Bound in full calf. Externally, smart. Boards excellent with only minor rubbing to extremities. Spine lightly cracked with slight rubbing to joints and extremities, resulting in minor loss to leather at head and tail. Lacking spine label. Discreet ownership label to front free. Offsetting to end paper extremities. Hinges starting but remain firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Marginal age toning. Mild dusting to fore edge. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .