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Ioannis Barclaii poematum libri duo.

Barclay, John, 1582-1621, author.; Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.; Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.; Britwell Library, former owner.
1636
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Title
Ioannis Barclaii poematum libri duo.
Uniform title
Poems
Edition
Editio postrema aucta.
Created/published
Oxonii : Excudebat G. Turner, impensis Guilielmi Webb, M DC XXXVI [1636]
Description
[14], 100, [2] p. ; (12mo)
Associated name
Barclay, John, 1582-1621, author.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Note
Enlarged from the 1615 edition.

The roman numeral date is made with turned C's.

Leaves A7 and F6 are blank.

Book 2 has separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous.

"Tumulus serenmi. potmi. invictiq. Regis Gustavi Adolphi" (p. 67-97) signed: C.B.

Signatures: A-C¹² D⁴ E¹² F⁶.
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), 1389
Madan, F. Oxford books, p. 189
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S100841
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Oxford.

Call number
STC 1389 copy 1
Folger-specific note
Smedley. Lacking A7 (blank). Provenance: inscribed on back free endpaper: E libris J. Sydenham May 22: 1767; Sydenhame; W.B. Henry (?) and W.T. Smedley copy
Call number
STC 1389 Copy 2 Bd.w. STC 26017a copy 2
Folger-specific note
HH222/26.2. Manuscript notes on F4 and F5, expanding C.B. to "Caspar Bartaeus", and H.G. to "H. Grotius". Bound with: Wright. A. Delitiae delitiarum. [Oxford], 1637. Stiff vellum binding. Provenance: inscription on front free end-paper: "Jo: Heath"; inscription on back free end-paper: "John Tempest his Book 1691"; inscription on t.p.: "Tho. [Thomas?] Reed."; Britwell Court (pencilled shelf-mark "108. A. 88."); Britwell theology sale, Jan. 1921, lot 368; collated at Quaritch; Harmsworth copy