Du Bartas his diuine weekes, and workes : with a compleate collectio[n] of all the other most delight-full workes / translated and written by [that] famous philomusus, Iosuah Syluester Gent.

Du Bartas his diuine weekes, and workes : with a compleate collectio[n] of all the other most delight-full workes / translated and written by [that] famous philomusus, Iosuah Syluester Gent.

Works. English

London : Printed by Robert Young, 1633.

[28], 345, [1], 351-416, 415-657, [1] p., [3] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., port. ; (fol.)

In verse.

Includes translations by Sylvester of works by Henry Smith; Guy du Faur, seigneur de Pibrac; Odet de La Noue, seigneur de Téligny; Girolamo Fracastoro; George Goodwin; and Pierre Matthieu. Also contains most of Sylvester's original works.

First leaf bears portrait of Josuah Sylvester, signed: Corn: v. Dalen sculp., and is conjugate with the engraved title page, signed R: Elstracke sculpsit.

Leaf A1r, line 2 in two settings: "REGI" is set in 1) 5mm type or 2) 11mm type.

"The history of Judith ... Englished by Tho. Hudson" has separate title page dated 1632. There are also numerous divisional titles; pagination and register are continuous throughout.

The folded leaf, bearing verses and woodcuts, has title "The mysterie of mysteries". In this setting the middle column line 1 has "co-eternall".

Signatures: A⁶ B⁸ C-2N⁶ 2O⁸ 2P-3K⁶ 3L². Gathering 2O signed: Oo, (Oo2), Oo2, Oo3; all leaves are normally conjugate.

Signatures from DFo.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 21654
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S116390

Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 21654 copy 2
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 21654 copy 1

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 21654 copy 1

cs162. Setting 1. Imperfect: lacking folded leaf. Manuscript notes, pp. [384] and 385 (cropped); text stained, pp. 18-19, 90, 322, 574; mended tears affecting side-notes, pp. 53-54; several later leaves torn at inner margins; small holes in pp. 213-14, 303-304, 371-372, 487-88. Bound in old calf rebacked, all edges stained red; with paper spine label numbered "818"

STC 21654 copy 2

Smedley. Setting 2. Imperfect: lacking frontis. port. Engr. t.p. cut around and mounted; folded plate mended, mounted; leaves 3K5,6 torn and mended. Manuscript notes to front free endpaper, incl.: "Du Bartas was a good Man / follow his steps and you will not do wrong"; manuscript markings, pp. 13, small holes or tears (repaired), pp. 89-90, 365-366, 615-616; small stains affecting text, pp. 274, 326. Re-bound at Folger in 1973 in half goatskin over green cloth, from old calf binding; note on the conservation bound in at back. Provenance: W.T. Smedley copy

STC 21654 copy 3

ac6496. Setting 2. Imperfect: lacking the folded leaf; frontis. port. mounted and from another copy (Folger files). Manuscript markings (crosses, etc.), pp. 1-21, 98, 275-77, [blank page] 2H5v, and last page (blank); stains, pp. 214, 312-13, 432-33, 647-48, 656; text water-stained from about p. 533-end; many leaves with marginal tears, not affecting text; small hole affecting text, pp. 275-76. Re-bound at Folger in 1962 in half brown goatskin over buckram, from old calf binding; note on the conservation bound in at back. Provenance: inscribed on frontis. recto (orig. an endpaper): "William Bruce, Dunfermline 1853"