Ar't asleepe husband? : A boulster lecture; stored with all variety of witty jeasts, merry tales, and other pleasant passages; extracted, from the choicest flowers of philosophy, poesy, antient and moderne history. Illustrated with examples of incomparable constancy, in the excellent history of Philocles and Doriclea. By Philogenes Panedonius.
1640
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Ar't asleepe husband? : A boulster lecture; stored with all variety of witty jeasts, merry tales, and other pleasant passages; extracted, from the choicest flowers of philosophy, poesy, antient and moderne history. Illustrated with examples of incomparable constancy, in the excellent history of Philocles and Doriclea. By Philogenes Panedonius.
Created/published
London : Printed by R. Bishop, for R[ichard]. B[est]. or his assignes, 1640.
Description
[50], 318, [14] p., plate ; (8vo)
Associated name
Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673, author.
Marshall, William, active 1617-1650, illustrator.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Huth Library, former owner.
Marshall, William, active 1617-1650, illustrator.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Huth Library, former owner.
Note
Philogenes Panedonius = Richard Brathwait.
With an additional title page, engraved, "A boulster lecture.", with imprint "London. Printed for R.B. or his assignes.", signed by William Marshall.
Variant: imprint on engraved title page reads: London. Printed for R. Best and are to bee sould at his shop neare Graies Inn gatte in Houlbourne.
Signatures: [A]1 a-c⁸ B-X⁸ Y⁴ Z².
The Huntington Library copy has a leaf inserted after a1, possibly as a cancel, containing a dedication to Mrs. Catherine Fletcher; not included in pagination above.
K4 is a cancel.
Quire Y contains "Menippus his madrigall, to his coy-duck Clarabel"; quire Z contains "A postscript, writte by an auditor, upon hearing this lecture". The last leaf contains errata reimposed from Y4.
Running title reads: A boulster lecture.
Another issue has Richard Best's name in full in the letterpress imprint.
With an additional title page, engraved, "A boulster lecture.", with imprint "London. Printed for R.B. or his assignes.", signed by William Marshall.
Variant: imprint on engraved title page reads: London. Printed for R. Best and are to bee sould at his shop neare Graies Inn gatte in Houlbourne.
Signatures: [A]1 a-c⁸ B-X⁸ Y⁴ Z².
The Huntington Library copy has a leaf inserted after a1, possibly as a cancel, containing a dedication to Mrs. Catherine Fletcher; not included in pagination above.
K4 is a cancel.
Quire Y contains "Menippus his madrigall, to his coy-duck Clarabel"; quire Z contains "A postscript, writte by an auditor, upon hearing this lecture". The last leaf contains errata reimposed from Y4.
Running title reads: A boulster lecture.
Another issue has Richard Best's name in full in the letterpress imprint.
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available.
ESTC staff note
Plate generally bound after p. 246.
Signatures from DFo.
Signatures from DFo.
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), 3555
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 76
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S106153
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 76
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S106153
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 3555
Folger-specific note
HH32/31. Variant. Lacking gathering Z and X8 (blank); lacking K4 cancel, cancelland present. Provenance: Huth library - Harmsworth copy