Poems by Michael Drayton Esquyre.

Poems by Michael Drayton Esquyre.

Poems. Selected poems

Newly corrected & augmented.

London : Printed by Willi: Stansby for Iohn Smethwick, [1630]

[14], 496 p. ; (8vo)

The title page is engraved; the plate is an altered version of the one first used in STC 20664 and later in 7148 sqq.

Signatures: pi¹ A⁴ chi² B-2I⁸.

"Englands heroicall epistles." has separate title page, dated 1630; pagination and register are continuous.

"The legends of Robert, Duke of Normandie. Matilda, the faire. Pierce Gaueston, Earle of Cornwall. Thomas Cromwel, Earle of Essex" has separate title page dated 1630; pagination and register are continuous.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 7224
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S109923

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 7224 copy 1

HH13. Burgundy morocco binding, gold-tooled and signed by Riviere & Son. Provenance: Harmsworth copy

STC 7224 copy 2

HH75/20.1. With: Drayton, M. The battaile of Agincourt. London, 1631. Provenance: Harmsworth copy

STC 7224 copy 3

1/27/47. Manuscript bibliographical notes on front fly-leaves. -pi1(t.p.) and A1; L8(t.p. for 'England's heroicall epistles' and chi1 misbound before A2[missigned A4]. With: Drayton, M. The battaile of Agincourt. London, 1631. Provenance: inscription on front free endpaper: "Purchased at Hugh Thomas Sale December 1852"; bookplate of Henry Cunliffe; Sotheby sale of Derry collection, 16 December 1946:109

STC 7224 copy 4

cs21. -pi1(t.p.) and sigs. B8 and K8; 2F1 torn, affecting text. Provenance: Henry F. Sewell copy