Accession number
PML 23610
Creator
Daniel, Samuel, 1562-1619.
Published
At London : Printed by P. Short for Simon Waterson, 1595.
Notes
Size of page 5 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. = 135 x 188 mm. Headlines throughout, naming each book; the leaves, not the pages are numbered; smaller numerals used for pagination in the 5th book. Errors in pagination: f. 20 is numbered 17, 26 (21), 31 (24), 79 (80), 85 (86) & 87 (88); ff. 1, 22, 45 & 68 unnumbered.
The first issue of this ed. differs in having a more elaborate woodcut border and difference in imprint on t.p.; and a leaf of errata at the end, headed "Correct, I beseech you gentle readers, these faults escaped in the printing".
Numerous errors in paging: leaves 20, 26, 31, 79, 85, and 87 misprinted 17, 21, 24, 80, 86, and 88 respectively.
Title within ornamental border with "IHS" at top. Another edition of the same year (STC 6244) is with royal coat of arms at top.
[I] + 108 leaves. f.1[superscript]a, T.p. Woodcut border; in side panels 4 women at prayer, & crowned initials E.R.; in upper panel I8. Title as ... above to 1.6. then, by Samuel Daniel. Aetas prim ... oanat veneres postrema tumultus ; device. At London / printed by P. Short for Simon Waterson. 1595). 1 blank. [1[superscript]a]-88[superscript]a. Text of the four books. 69[superscript]a-108 ... Text of The fift booke, [1[superscript]o] head piece; in centre a skull, below, The argument of the first booke. below, 8 lines of verse within frame. 21[superscript]b], blank. [22[superscript]d] headpiece : in centre IHS. below, The argument of the second booke. below, 8 lines of verse within frame. 44[superscript]b, blank. [45[superscript]a headpiece, in centre a skeleton rising from a tomb. below, The argument ... below, 8 lines of verse, within frame. 67[superscript]b, blank [68[superscript]d headpiece, bust of an angel in centre. below The argument of the fovvrth booke. below 8 lines of verse within frame. 88[superscript]b, blank, 89[superscript]a. Headpiece in centre, woman's head with crescent. below. The fift booke of the Ciuill warres betweene the two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke. The argument. below 8 lines of verse within frame. 118 verses of 8 lines each, ending on 108[superscript]b, 1.29. The end of the fift Booke.
Collation: - 1 leaf (A[superscript]2 (-1, blank?) B-Z[superscript]4, Aa-Ee[superscript]4, F[superscript]2, printed E[superscript]2).
First ed.; second issue. Perfect. Woodcuts.
The first issue of this ed. differs in having a more elaborate woodcut border and difference in imprint on t.p.; and a leaf of errata at the end, headed "Correct, I beseech you gentle readers, these faults escaped in the printing".
Numerous errors in paging: leaves 20, 26, 31, 79, 85, and 87 misprinted 17, 21, 24, 80, 86, and 88 respectively.
Title within ornamental border with "IHS" at top. Another edition of the same year (STC 6244) is with royal coat of arms at top.
[I] + 108 leaves. f.1[superscript]a, T.p. Woodcut border; in side panels 4 women at prayer, & crowned initials E.R.; in upper panel I8. Title as ... above to 1.6. then, by Samuel Daniel. Aetas prim ... oanat veneres postrema tumultus ; device. At London / printed by P. Short for Simon Waterson. 1595). 1 blank. [1[superscript]a]-88[superscript]a. Text of the four books. 69[superscript]a-108 ... Text of The fift booke, [1[superscript]o] head piece; in centre a skull, below, The argument of the first booke. below, 8 lines of verse within frame. 21[superscript]b], blank. [22[superscript]d] headpiece : in centre IHS. below, The argument of the second booke. below, 8 lines of verse within frame. 44[superscript]b, blank. [45[superscript]a headpiece, in centre a skeleton rising from a tomb. below, The argument ... below, 8 lines of verse, within frame. 67[superscript]b, blank [68[superscript]d headpiece, bust of an angel in centre. below The argument of the fovvrth booke. below 8 lines of verse within frame. 88[superscript]b, blank, 89[superscript]a. Headpiece in centre, woman's head with crescent. below. The fift booke of the Ciuill warres betweene the two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke. The argument. below 8 lines of verse within frame. 118 verses of 8 lines each, ending on 108[superscript]b, 1.29. The end of the fift Booke.
Collation: - 1 leaf (A[superscript]2 (-1, blank?) B-Z[superscript]4, Aa-Ee[superscript]4, F[superscript]2, printed E[superscript]2).
First ed.; second issue. Perfect. Woodcuts.
Description
88 leaves ; 20 cm.
Inscriptions/Markings
A few passages underlined.
Provenance
From the libraries of Robert Hoe, (sale no. 949); W.H. Hagen, (sale no. 313); and J.L. Clawson, (sale no. 173).
Binding
Brown morocco binding, gilt, by the Club Bindery, 1904.
Classification
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