The purple island, or The Isle of Man : together with piscatorie eclogs and other poeticall miscellanies. By P.F.
1633
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Title
The purple island, or The Isle of Man : together with piscatorie eclogs and other poeticall miscellanies. By P.F.
Created/published
[Cambridge] : Printed by [Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel] the printers to the Universitie of Cambridge, 1633.
Description
[16], 181, [7], 96, 101-130, [2] p. ; (4to)
Associated name
Fletcher, Phineas, 1582-1650, author.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899, former owner.
Note
P.F. = Phineas Fletcher.
In verse.
Title page in red and black.
Printers' names from STC.
Signatures: [par.]-2[par.]⁴ A-Z⁴ chi² ²A-M⁴ O-R⁴. Leaves ²M3-4 missigned N, N2, respectively.
Leaves [par.]1, Z4 and chi1 are blank.
"Piscatorie eclogs, and other poeticall miscellanies" (leaf chi2r) has separate dated title page, pagination, and register. Within this section, "Elisa, or An elegie upon the unripe decease of Sr. Antonie Irby" has separately dated title page.
The final leaf contains a verse, "To my deare friend, the Spencer of this age".
In verse.
Title page in red and black.
Printers' names from STC.
Signatures: [par.]-2[par.]⁴ A-Z⁴ chi² ²A-M⁴ O-R⁴. Leaves ²M3-4 missigned N, N2, respectively.
Leaves [par.]1, Z4 and chi1 are blank.
"Piscatorie eclogs, and other poeticall miscellanies" (leaf chi2r) has separate dated title page, pagination, and register. Within this section, "Elisa, or An elegie upon the unripe decease of Sr. Antonie Irby" has separately dated title page.
The final leaf contains a verse, "To my deare friend, the Spencer of this age".
ESTC staff note
No illustrations. Blanks from Pforzheimer catalogue.
RPM 10/10/96
RPM 10/10/96
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), 11082
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 376
Bowers, F. Principles of bibligraphical description, p. 223
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S102332
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 376
Bowers, F. Principles of bibligraphical description, p. 223
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S102332
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Cambridge.
Item Details
Call number
STC 11082 copy 1
Folger-specific note
cs60. Manuscript notes: including letter regarding this copy to F. Olcott from B. M. Pickering, dated 4 August 1869, tipped in at front. Imperfect: wanting sigs. [par.]1, Z4 and chi1 (all blanks); sig. ²R4 torn and repaired. Provenance: inscription on t.p.: 'Jos: Erlam (Eilam ?) 1710"; bookplate of Thomas Jefferson McKee; McKee sale, Pt. 4, 2-3 December 1901:2921
Call number
STC 11082 copy 2
Folger-specific note
HH88/8. Maroon goatskin binding, gold-tooled; signed by Lloyd. Imperfect: wanting sigs. [par.]1, Z4, and chi1 (all blanks); sig. ²R4 misbound after chi2. Provenance: Harmsworth copy