Accession number
PML 38494
Creator
Marvell, Andrew, 1621-1678.
Published
London : Printed [by Simon Miller?] for Robert Boulter, at the Turks-Head in Cornhill, M.DC.LXXXI. [1681].
Notes
Signatures: [A]² B-C² D-T⁴ (-R2-T1, +S1) U⁴ X² (-U2-4, X², +X1). R2-T1 and U2-4 were cancelled for political reasons.
"Printed according to the exact copies of my late dear husband, under his own hand-writing, being found since his death among his other papers, witness my hand this 15th day of October, 1680. Mary Marvell."
Printer's name suggested by Pforzheimer catalogue.
Frontispiece: engraved portrait of the author.
Title-vignette: printer's mark similar to that of Richard Field, with the motto ANCHORA SPEI.
Contains the leaf "To the Reader" by Mary Marvell, the author's widow.
Pagination skips from 116 to 131 due to the cancellation of the three Cromwell poems which were deleted on account of their political aspect.
PML copy is large paper copy 12-5/16 by 7-7/8 inches.
"Printed according to the exact copies of my late dear husband, under his own hand-writing, being found since his death among his other papers, witness my hand this 15th day of October, 1680. Mary Marvell."
Printer's name suggested by Pforzheimer catalogue.
Frontispiece: engraved portrait of the author.
Title-vignette: printer's mark similar to that of Richard Field, with the motto ANCHORA SPEI.
Contains the leaf "To the Reader" by Mary Marvell, the author's widow.
Pagination skips from 116 to 131 due to the cancellation of the three Cromwell poems which were deleted on account of their political aspect.
PML copy is large paper copy 12-5/16 by 7-7/8 inches.
Description
[4], 116, 131-139, [1] pages, plate : engraved portrait ; 28 cm. (fol.)
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: on frontispiece. Arms of Amsterdam over letters "WR".
Provenance
James H. Pershing (1863-1948); his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, 26 Nov. 1945, lot 197, purchased by J.F. Drake; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Drake, Nov. 1945.
Binding
Red morocco, gilt.
Classification
Catalog link
Department