Lot 361
Philips, Katherine. Poems By the most deservedly Admired Mrs Katherine Philips The matchless Orinda, 2 parts in one volume, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional browning and spotting, Ccc with paper flaw, not affecting text, lacks final blank, title partly torn along gutter, contemporary mottled calf, joints cracked, some surface loss, bookplate of Coker Court, folio, London: H. Herringman, 1667 [Wing P2033] The title is inscribed, 'Rach. Helyar. her Book gift of Anne Proctor.' Rachel Helyar, nee Wyndham (d.1678) was the wife of William Helyar (1621-1697), Sheriff of Somerset.
