Lucan's Pharsalia: or The ciuill warres of Rome, betweene Pompey the great, and Iulius Caesar. : The whole ten bookes. Englished, by Thomas May. Esquire.
1627
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Title
Lucan's Pharsalia: or The ciuill warres of Rome, betweene Pompey the great, and Iulius Caesar. : The whole ten bookes. Englished, by Thomas May. Esquire.
Uniform title
Pharsalia. English
Created/published
London : Printed [by Augustine Mathewes] for Thomas Iones. and Iohn Marriott, 1627.
Description
[322] p. ; (8vo)
Associated name
Lucan, 39-65. author.
May, Thomas, 1595-1650.
Hulsius, Friedrich van, 1580- printmaker.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
May, Thomas, 1595-1650.
Hulsius, Friedrich van, 1580- printmaker.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Note
In verse.
The title page is engraved and signed: Fridericus Hulsius scups:.
Printer's name from STC.
Signatures: a⁸(a1+chi1) A-T⁸.
With a dedicatory sonnet preceding each of books 2-9. Most copies have one or more of these cancelled, or slit for cancellation. In some of these, the cancelled leaves have been replaced from another copy.
The title page is engraved and signed: Fridericus Hulsius scups:.
Printer's name from STC.
Signatures: a⁸(a1+chi1) A-T⁸.
With a dedicatory sonnet preceding each of books 2-9. Most copies have one or more of these cancelled, or slit for cancellation. In some of these, the cancelled leaves have been replaced from another copy.
ESTC staff note
Rpm 11/26/96
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), 16887
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S108858
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S108858
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Selected image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 16887 copy 3
Genre/form
Made-up copies.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 16887 copy 1
Folger-specific note
HH136/21. All dedicatory sonnets cancelled. Manuscript markings. Leaf a8 bound before a2. Provenance: inscriptions on front fly-leaf: "[Ex d?]ono Wi [William] King"; on verso of front fly-leaf: "John [Weekly?]"; and on t.p.: "T.D."; bought at Hodgson's sale, 10 March 1926:512; collated by Percy Jones at Quaritch, 16 March 1926; Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 16887 copy 2
Folger-specific note
Smedley. Bound with: May, T. A continuation of Lucan's historicall poem ... London, 1630 (STC 17711, DFo smk STC 17711 Copy 2). All dedicatory sonnets cancelled. T.p. cropped, affecting imprint. Cropped, affecting direction-lines and some text. Provenance: inscriptions on front free endpaper: "Ja: Jollie - ij s x d"; and "Christopher: Smith Booke Anno 1693"; book-label of W.T. Smedley
Call number
STC 16887 copy 3
Folger-specific note
10/6/46. Imperfect: lacking t.p. Made-up copy: leaf a1 possibly from another copy. Dedicatory sonnet cancellands before Books 3, 4 and 9 present; all others cancelled. Provenance: inscriptions on a1r: "Ben: [Bennet?] Chauncy"; and on a1v: "F Massingberd"