Accession number:
PML 75107
Published:
London : Printed by W. H. for H. Moseley, 1650.
Credit:
Purchased as the gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1976.
Description:
286, [1] p., [5] plates : illus. (some folded) ; 18 cm
Notes:
First ed.
All engraved plates except frontispiece are folded. Final plate is titled: "Heictutus obumbror".
An allegory in which trees represent political characteristics. See Cambridge History of English Literature.
The book is in an early example of a publisher's binding; the blind-stamped image is of the title with trees.
Binding:
Publisher's contemporary stamped sheep.
Provenance:
From the collections of E. Gordon Duff and A.N.L. Munby.
Catalog Link:
Classification:
Department: