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Aurora. : Containing the first fancies of the authors youth, VVilliam Alexander of Menstrie.

Stirling, William Alexander, Earl of, 1567 or 1568-1640, author.; Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
1604
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Title
Aurora. : Containing the first fancies of the authors youth, VVilliam Alexander of Menstrie.
Created/published
London : Printed by Richard Field for Edward Blount, 1604.
Description
[96] p. ; (4to)
Associated name
Stirling, William Alexander, Earl of, 1567 or 1568-1640, author.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Note
Probably issued with his Paraenesis and The monarchick tragedies (London, 1604)--Pforzheimer.

In verse.

The last leaf is blank.

Signatures: A-M⁴ (M4 blank).
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 337
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 1
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S100493
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
STC 337 copy 1
Folger-specific note
cs5442. Bound in red goatskin by Riviere & son. Pencilled note of Bernard Quaritch. Provenance: book label and signature (dated 1922), with note, of John Drinkwater
Call number
STC 337 copy 2
Folger-specific note
HH5/32. Bound in brown goatskin by Riviere & son. Pencilled note on front free endpaper: Purchased of Pickering & Chatto May 1920. -M4 (blank). Manuscript scribbles. Provenance: Bookplate of E. M. Cox; Harmsworth copy