Venus and Adonis : from the hitherto unknown edition of 1599 ; The passionate pilgrime, from the first edition of 1599, of which only two copies are known ; Epigrammes, written by Sir John Davies, and certaine of Ovid's elegies translated by Christopher Marlowe, from a rare early edition / edited by Charles Edmonds, editor of the poetry of the Anti-Jacobin.

Venus and Adonis : from the hitherto unknown edition of 1599 ; The passionate pilgrime, from the first edition of 1599, of which only two copies are known ; Epigrammes, written by Sir John Davies, and certaine of Ovid's elegies translated by Christopher Marlowe, from a rare early edition / edited by Charles Edmonds, editor of the poetry of the Anti-Jacobin.

London : Henry Sotheran and Co., 1870.

[London] : Chiswick Press : Whittingham and Wilkins, [1870]

xxii, [56], xxxix, [64], xi, [52] pages ; 22 cm

The Isham reprints

Each part has also special title-page and a facsimile of original title.

Messages from the Venus and Adonis half-title verso include: "This work is printed for the subscribers only, and the impression strictly limited to one hundred and thirty-one copies, twenty-five being on large paper, and six on vellum. Every copy is numbered and signed by the editor." and "Of this work six copies only are printed on vellum, three of which are small quarto size."

"Chiswick Press:--Printed by Whittingham and Wilkins, Tooks Court, Chancery Lane."--colophon.

Isham reprints.

Great Britain -- England -- London.

PR2842 1870-1 Sh.Col.

Vellum binding with cloth ties. Armorial bookplate (motto: Ubique patriam reminisci): Joseph Parker Norris. Number 20 of the small-paper copies.

cs1114

PR2842 1870-2 Sh.Col.

Vellum binding with metal clasp and vellum paper. Armorial bookplate: Hugh Robert Hughes. Number 2 of the small copies on vellum paper.

cs817

PR2842 1870-3 copy 1 Sh.Col.

Bound in stiff paper. No. 4 of 25 large paper copies signed and dated by the editor.

cs24

PR2842 1870-3 copy 2 Sh.Col.

Publisher's cloth binding with gilt spine titling. Unnumbered and unsigned. Manuscript note listing the unique features of this copy signed: A.Smith[?] In manuscript: This is a large paper copy. Bookseller's listing for another copy pasted in. Reclassified from Add 14333.

cs1309