Accession number
PML 39483
Creator
D'Avenant, William, Sir, 1606-1668.
Published
London : Printed by T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, at the Sign of the Blew Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange, 1673.
Credit line
Purchased 1947.
Notes
Printer's name from Wing.
Frontispiece portrait of the author signed: "Io Grenhill pinx. W. Faithorne sculp."
"Gondibert," "Madagascar" and "Poems on Several Occasions" have separate title-pages with imprint, London, Printed by T.N. for Henry Herringman, 1672. "The Siege of Rhodes" has a separate title-page with imprint, Printed by J.M. for Henry Herringman, 1672.
Dedication is signed by D'Avenant's widow, Mary D'Avenant. Notice to the reader signed: Henry Herringman.
Gondibert, Madagascar, Poems, and the Siege of Rhodes have special title-pages; new pagings begin with the Siege of Rhodes and News from Plimouth.
Error in paging: nos. 69-70 omitted.
Compiled by the publisher Henry Herringman.
First collected ed. - 12 5/8 x 7 7/8.
Large paper copy.
Dedicatory Epistle to His Royal Highness, (Charles II) signed Mary D'Avenant.
Includes: "The answer of Mr. Hobbes to Sr. William D'Avenant's preface before Gondibert" and "Coelum Britannicum" by Thomas Carew.
Frontispiece portrait of the author signed: "Io Grenhill pinx. W. Faithorne sculp."
"Gondibert," "Madagascar" and "Poems on Several Occasions" have separate title-pages with imprint, London, Printed by T.N. for Henry Herringman, 1672. "The Siege of Rhodes" has a separate title-page with imprint, Printed by J.M. for Henry Herringman, 1672.
Dedication is signed by D'Avenant's widow, Mary D'Avenant. Notice to the reader signed: Henry Herringman.
Gondibert, Madagascar, Poems, and the Siege of Rhodes have special title-pages; new pagings begin with the Siege of Rhodes and News from Plimouth.
Error in paging: nos. 69-70 omitted.
Compiled by the publisher Henry Herringman.
First collected ed. - 12 5/8 x 7 7/8.
Large paper copy.
Dedicatory Epistle to His Royal Highness, (Charles II) signed Mary D'Avenant.
Includes: "The answer of Mr. Hobbes to Sr. William D'Avenant's preface before Gondibert" and "Coelum Britannicum" by Thomas Carew.
Description
[8], 402, [4], 68, 71-486 , 111, [1] p., [1] plate : (port.) ; 33 cm
Provenance
Unidentified arms on covers; ex libris of E.M. Cox with his autograph notes dated June 4, 1912 on inside of lower cover.
Binding
Old calf with unidentified arms stamped in gold on both covers; in brown case.
Classification
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