The works of Mr. Abraham Cowley. : Consisting of those which were formerly printed: and those which he design'd for the press. Now published out of the authors original copies..
Cowley, Abraham,1618-1667.
Sprat, Thomas,1635-1713.
London [i.e. Brussels?] : printed by J. M. for Henry Herringman, at the sign of the Blew Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange,
1681..
Mostly in verse.
Conjectured place of publication from Wing. M.R. Perkin, "Abraham Cowley", says of this edition that "it was clearly not printed in England" and "was most likely piratical but may well have been commissioned in England.".
Signatures: A-2H¹².
The last leaf is blank.
"The mistress", "Pindarique odes", and "Davideis" each have separate dated title page and pagination; register is continuous. "Davideidos" (caption title, Y7v) begins new pagination on Y8r, and "Verses written on several occasions" (caption title, Z10v) begins new pagination on Z11r.
Includes "An account of the life and writings of Mr. Abraham Cowley" by the editor of Cowley's Works, Thomas Sprat (A2r-B9r).
Wing (2nd ed., 1994)
Perkin, M.R.  Abraham Cowley. A bibliography (1977),
ESTC