Second collected edition, following that of 1633, of the great metaphysical poet, who died in 1631. Lacks the frontispiece portrait, a not uncommon occurrence. There are several ink numbers and other early marks on the title-page, including the completion of the author's last name. Ink ownership signature of H. Douglas Yates, St. John's Coll. 1781, to front free endpaper; bookplate of Gregory Lewis Way on front pastedown. On the blank verso of the final leaf is the old ink notation "Three farthings is the woorth of this book."