Bel-vedére or The garden of the Muses.
1600
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Cover-to-cover images of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 3189
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Title
Bel-vedére or The garden of the Muses.
Created/published
Imprinted at London : By F[elix]. K[ingston]. for Hugh Astley, dwelling at Saint Magnus corner, 1600.
Description
[18], 236, [20] p. ; (8vo)
Associated name
Bodenham, John, active 1600.
Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.
Astley, Hugh, -1609?, bookseller.
Chalmers, George, 1742-1825, former owner.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.
Astley, Hugh, -1609?, bookseller.
Chalmers, George, 1742-1825, former owner.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Note
One in a series sponsored by John Bodenham, to whom the editorship is usually attributed.
Prefatory sonnet to Bodenham signed: A.M., i.e. Anthony Munday? to who the editorship is sometimes attributed.
Printer's name from STC.
Signatures: A⁸(-A2) chi² B-R⁸.
Leaf A2 is cancelled.
Leaves A3-6 contain "To the reader". A later state (STC 3189.5) has these cancelled.
Two preliminary unsigned leaves contain sonnets to Oxford and Cambridge Universities. They were possibly intended to cancel A3-6. They occur in two settings: line 5 of the Oxford sonnet has (1) "foorde," or (2) "foord,".
Includes index.
Stationers' register: Entered 11 August and 3 November
Prefatory sonnet to Bodenham signed: A.M., i.e. Anthony Munday? to who the editorship is sometimes attributed.
Printer's name from STC.
Signatures: A⁸(-A2) chi² B-R⁸.
Leaf A2 is cancelled.
Leaves A3-6 contain "To the reader". A later state (STC 3189.5) has these cancelled.
Two preliminary unsigned leaves contain sonnets to Oxford and Cambridge Universities. They were possibly intended to cancel A3-6. They occur in two settings: line 5 of the Oxford sonnet has (1) "foorde," or (2) "foord,".
Includes index.
Stationers' register: Entered 11 August and 3 November
Reproduction
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1943. 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm (Early English books, 1475-1640; 176:6; 1746:3).
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available.
ESTC staff note
Copy filmed is CSmH 32117. - Only copies containing "To the reader" should be matched to this.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2016. Shakespeare, Life of an Icon. January 20th-March 27th, 2016. Opening: A5v.
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), 3189
Case, A.E. Poetical miscellanies, 21
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S102717
Case, A.E. Poetical miscellanies, 21
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S102717
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Cover-to-cover images of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 3189
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 3189
Folger-specific note
cs0900. Mottled calf binding with gilt rolls. R8, lacking, supplied from the 1610 edition. Setting 2 of the Oxford sonnet. Provenance: signature of Thomas Franks M.D. 1704; George Chalmers - Britwell Court copy