8vo (180 x 104 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece by William Marshall trimmed and mounted to front leaf. (A few page numbers or headlines shaved, small repair affecting one letter, some dampstaining.) Late 18th-century morocco gilt (rebacked preserving spine, some wear). Provenance: Fairfax Rhodes (1845-1928), English collector (armorial bookplate);  W. G. Lacy (armorial bookplate).

FIRST EDITION, third state of the general title-page with the first line set in capital and lower case letters, but with the first state of "Churchyard" with an unbroken "d" and with a rule under the date, with the corresponding second state of page [vi] with "allowred" corrected to "allowed." ESTC R218856; Grolier Wither to Prior 827; STC S6126B.