Poly-Olbion by Michaell· Drayton Esqr.
1612
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 7226 copy 3
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Title
Poly-Olbion by Michaell· Drayton Esqr.
Uniform title
Poly-Olbion. Part 1
Created/published
London : Printed [by Humphrey Lownes] for M Lownes. I Browne. I Helme. I Busbie, [1612]
Description
[16], 303, [1] p., [18] folded plates : maps, port. ; (fol.)
Associated name
Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631, author.
Hole, William, -1624, printmaker.
Selden, John, 1584-1654.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Hole, William, -1624, printmaker.
Selden, John, 1584-1654.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Note
Edited by John Selden.
Partly in verse.
The title page is engraved and signed "Ingraue[n] by W Hole". There is no letterpress title page.
Printer's name and publication date from STC.
A second part was published in 1622.
In this issue the plates lack page numbers and the portrait of Henry Frederick is lacking his name.
Signatures: pi² ²pi² A⁴ B-2C⁶ 2D².
Entered 7 February. 1612.
Partly in verse.
The title page is engraved and signed "Ingraue[n] by W Hole". There is no letterpress title page.
Printer's name and publication date from STC.
A second part was published in 1622.
In this issue the plates lack page numbers and the portrait of Henry Frederick is lacking his name.
Signatures: pi² ²pi² A⁴ B-2C⁶ 2D².
Entered 7 February. 1612.
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo.
Exhibited
Copy 1 Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2008. History in the Making.
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), 7226
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S121629
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S121629
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 7226 copy 3
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 7226 copy 1
Folger-specific note
HH75/22. Red goatskin binding, panelled in gilt and blind and signed by Leighton. Copy slightly stained. Provenance: inscriptions: on t.p.: 'Hannah Marie Reik (?) Dec. the 7: 1720/1'; on back paste-down: 'Lot 131 Sotheby's 14-7-30' and pencilled, undated Quaritch note; Harmsworth copy.
Call number
STC 7226 copy 2
Folger-specific note
cs826. Manuscript markings. Portrait of Prince Henry and some of the maps are from another copy; copy stained. Provenance: inscription on back free endpaper: 'Thomas Ross (?) Eius Liber 1722'; bookplate of Daniel Cresswell, S.T.P. (motto 'naviter et sollerter')
Call number
STC 7226 copy 3
Folger-specific note
Olive green goatskin binding, gold-tooled and signed by W. Pratt. A few manuscript notes. Imperfect: wanting ²pi2, but has in its place an inlaid leaf with portrait of Prince Henry from the later state; the maps also are from a latter issue and have page numbers. Provenance: bookseller's clipping, item 119, describing a copy of the 'first edtion' of Poly-Olbion is pasted to front endpaper: pencilled note identifies this as Ellis, Nov/93