Specimens of the early poets

First edition. The work was published for Edward de Halifax. It was compiled and collected by George Ellis.
Contemporary full red morocco binding with long grain (English binding). Spine with raised bands and fillets. Gilt fillets framing the boards. All edges gilt. One wormhole to a joint. Handsome copy, very fresh.
The work brings together works by Henry VIII, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Drummond, Dryden...