Accession number
PML 45444
Creator
Johnson, Richard, 1573-1659?
Published
Imprinted at London : [by A. Mathewes?] for Tho: Langley, 1621.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Robert H. Taylor, 1954.
Notes
Ass'd by J. Trundle 13 de. 1620--STC.
At end of text: ... and so ending this first part of our ancient story of Sir Thomas Thumbe: where if it like the reader, the second part shall be followed with tales of more maruell, by the author hereof. R.I.
First ed., the only copy known.
For more expanded discussion of provenance, see Be Merry & Wise.
Printer's name suggested by STC.
R.I. = Richard Johnson?
Signatures: A-B⁸ C⁴ (-C4, blank?).
Woodcut on title page.
At end of text: ... and so ending this first part of our ancient story of Sir Thomas Thumbe: where if it like the reader, the second part shall be followed with tales of more maruell, by the author hereof. R.I.
First ed., the only copy known.
For more expanded discussion of provenance, see Be Merry & Wise.
Printer's name suggested by STC.
R.I. = Richard Johnson?
Signatures: A-B⁸ C⁴ (-C4, blank?).
Woodcut on title page.
Description
19 unnumbered leaves : ill. ; 14 cm
Provenance
From the collections of Luttrell, Wynne, Baynes, Ritson, Heber, Utterson, Daniel, Huth, Clawson, and A.S.W. Rosenbach.
Binding
Olive morocco.
Classification
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Department