Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The recouerie of Ierusalem. Done into English heroicall verse, by Edward Fairefax Gent.
1600
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Title
Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The recouerie of Ierusalem. Done into English heroicall verse, by Edward Fairefax Gent.
Uniform title
Gerusalemme liberata. English
Created/published
Imprinted at London : By Ar. Hatfield, for I. Iaggard and M. Lownes, 1600.
Description
[8], 392 p. ; (fol.)
Associated name
Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595. author.
Fairfax, Edward, -1635.
Farmer, Richard, 1735-1797, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Lefferts, Marshall C. (Marshall Clifford), 1848-1928, former owner.
Fairfax, Edward, -1635.
Farmer, Richard, 1735-1797, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Lefferts, Marshall C. (Marshall Clifford), 1848-1928, former owner.
Note
A translation of: Tasso, Torquato. La Gerusalemme liberata.
In verse.
Leaf B1 comes in three states, in this order: (1) conjugate; stanza 1 line 1 "The sacred armies and the godly knight"; (2) as above, with a cancel slip with another version of stanza 1 beginning "I sing the warre made in the Holy land,"; or with traces of the now-lacking slip; (3) B1 a cancel; stanza 1 line 1 "I sing the sacred armies and the knight"; the Argument also revised.
Signatures: A⁴ B-2K⁶ 2L⁴.
In verse.
Leaf B1 comes in three states, in this order: (1) conjugate; stanza 1 line 1 "The sacred armies and the godly knight"; (2) as above, with a cancel slip with another version of stanza 1 beginning "I sing the warre made in the Holy land,"; or with traces of the now-lacking slip; (3) B1 a cancel; stanza 1 line 1 "I sing the sacred armies and the knight"; the Argument also revised.
Signatures: A⁴ B-2K⁶ 2L⁴.
ESTC staff note
Order of states given by STC is in error. - The cancel slip comes in two settings; "1" is over "n" of "in", or over space between "in" and "the".
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), 23698
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 1001
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S117565
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 1001
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S117565
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 23698 copy 1
Folger-specific note
Vellum binding, housed in a brown goatskin case. State 2. Head of t.p. trimmed. Provenance: Marshall Clifford Lefferts copy
Call number
STC 23698 copy 2
Folger-specific note
HH200/20. State 2. Green goatskin binding with gilt tooling. Inserted are 23 sheets of proof impressions of woodcut illustrations by John Thompson for the 1817 ed. Provenance: Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 23698 copy 3
Folger-specific note
cs651. Modern goatskin and marbled paper over boards, by Robert Lunow. State 1 or 2 (traces of glue on B1?). Wormed. Extensive manuscript notes. Provenance: inscribed on t.p.: Ralph Bladwell(?); Richard Farmer copy