1677 RARE Fons Lachrymarum by
Royalist John Quarles English Civil War Poems
John Quarles, son of the notable 16th-century English
emblemist, became well-known Royalist poet best remembered for his epic poem “Fons Lachrymarum”. This collection of poems
was written during his time in exile – banished from England to Flanders for
his role in the English Civil War. The poems exhibit themes of meditation,
complaints, and lament during a time of great unrest in England. Much of this
work was based on the Old Testament book of Lamentations of Jeremiah and
includes an elegy on Royalist Charles Lucas and his time as a prisoner during
the civil wars.
Item number: #24365
Price: $750
QUARLES, John
Fons lachrymarum, or, A fountain of tears : from whence doth flow
Englands complaint, Jeremiah's lamentations paraphras'd with divine meditations
London: Printed for Obadiah Blagrave, 1677.
Details:
· Collation:
Complete with all pages
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[12], 175, [1]
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Engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved title page
· References: Wing
Q 130
· Provenance:
Handwritten – William Reeves
o Possibly William
Reeves (1815–1892), an Irish antiquarian and the Church of Ireland Bishop of
Down, Connor and Dromore from 1886 until his death. He was the last private
keeper of the Book of Armagh and at the time of his death was President of the
Royal Irish Academy.
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather;
tight and secure
· Size: ~6in X 4in (15cm x 10cm)
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