Epithalamium Gallo-Britannicum, or, Great-Britaines, Frances, and the most parts of Europes vnspeakable ioy, for the most happy vnion, and blessed contract of the high and mighty Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and the Lady Henrette Maria, daughter to Henry the fourth, sirnamed the Great, late King of the French and Nauarre, and sister to Levvis the thirteenth: now king of the said dominions. Manifesting the royall ancestors and famous progenitors of the mighty Prince Charles, and the most illustrious princesse, the Lady Henrette, explaining the sweete interchanges of mariages, as haue beene betweene France and Great Britaine. Presaging the destruction and ruine of Antichrist, the establishment of the true faith, the propagation of the Gospell, the restitution of the Palatinate, the ouer-throwing of the enemies designes, the erection of peace, the increase of plentie, and the generall well-fare of all christendome.
Epithalamium Gallo-Britannicum, or, Great-Britaines, Frances, and the most parts of Europes vnspeakable ioy, for the most happy vnion, and blessed contract of the high and mighty Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and the Lady Henrette Maria, daughter to Henry the fourth, sirnamed the Great, late King of the French and Nauarre, and sister to Levvis the thirteenth: now king of the said dominions. Manifesting the royall ancestors and famous progenitors of the mighty Prince Charles, and the most illustrious princesse, the Lady Henrette, explaining the sweete interchanges of mariages, as haue beene betweene France and Great Britaine. Presaging the destruction and ruine of Antichrist, the establishment of the true faith, the propagation of the Gospell, the restitution of the Palatinate, the ouer-throwing of the enemies designes, the erection of peace, the increase of plentie, and the generall well-fare of all christendome.
Created/published
London : Printed [at Eliot's Court Press] for Thomas Archer, and are to be sold in Popes Head-Alley, ouer against the signe of the Horse-shooe, 1625.
Dedication signed: George Marcelline. Identification of printer from STC. The first leaf and the last leaf are blank. Signatures: [par.]⁴ A-T⁴. Entered 4 December 1624. For a large engr. of Charles and Henrietta Maria, with verses and imprint sold by T. Archer, intended to accompany this see Hind II.64-5. -- STC.
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo. Rpm 12/02/96
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1990-1991. Five Years of Acquisitions (catalog p. 79)
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), 17308 English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111979
4/13/42. Manuscript shelf-mark on [par.]1r: "D 31.7". Half bound in calf by Riviere & Son; all edges gilt. Provenance: entry made in Pickering, cat. 327, no. 467
Call number
STC 17308 Engr.
Folger-specific note
229929. Broadsheet. Reframed at the Folger, previously framed by William P. Spiller, 18 Old Compton Street [London?]. Provenance: Sotheby's sale, February 17, 1921; Sir John Stirling Maxwell copy; Folger presentation to Lilly Stone Lievsay, February 29, 1988
