Matthew Prior, Esq — Poems on Several Occasions

London, R. Knaplock, J. Round, and J. Tonson, 1733. Leather. The uncommon fifth edition of Poems on Several Occasions by famous diplomat and poet, Matthew Prior. With an armorial nameplate for Samuel Edward Cook on the front pastedown of each volume. Complete in Two Volumes. "Prior, famous British diplomatist, was arguably the most important poet writing in English between the death of Dryden (1700) and the poetic majority of Pope in 1712." (DNB) In full calf bindings. There is mild wear to the extremities, including mild rubbing. The front hinge of volume 2 is just starting but still firm, and the inner hinges are slightly strained. Internally, firmly bound. Internally the pages have slight browning with the occasional spot, becoming prominent to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .