Wither's motto. : Nec habeo, nec careo, nec curo.
1621
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Title
Wither's motto. : Nec habeo, nec careo, nec curo.
Created/published
London : Printed [by Augustine Mathewes] for Iohn Marriot, 1621.
Description
[90] p. ; (8vo)
Associated name
Wither, George, 1588-1667, author.
Elstracke, Renold, active 1590-1630, printmaker.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Lefferts, Marshall C. (Marshall Clifford), 1848-1928, former owner.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Elstracke, Renold, active 1590-1630, printmaker.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Lefferts, Marshall C. (Marshall Clifford), 1848-1928, former owner.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Note
In verse.
The first leaf has a verse explanation of the title page.
The title page is engraved and signed: R:E. Sculpsit, i.e. Renold Elstracke.
Printer's name from STC.
Signatures: A⁸ (A1+chi1) B-E⁸ F⁴.
In this edition F2v has catchword "A Post-"; postscript begins on F3r.
The first leaf has a verse explanation of the title page.
The title page is engraved and signed: R:E. Sculpsit, i.e. Renold Elstracke.
Printer's name from STC.
Signatures: A⁸ (A1+chi1) B-E⁸ F⁴.
In this edition F2v has catchword "A Post-"; postscript begins on F3r.
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), 25927
Grolier. Wither to Prior, 1030
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S120306
Grolier. Wither to Prior, 1030
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S120306
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 25927 copy 1
Folger-specific note
HH221/30. Print show-through. Calf binding with gilt triple fillet borders and turn-ins, by Riviere & Son; all edges gilt. Provenance: Britwell Court sale March 1923, lot 719; collated at Quaritch by E. Talbot; Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 25927 Copy 2 Bd.w. STC 25911
Folger-specific note
cs76.2. MS. note on chi1v: poem (?), with first and second lines mutilated. Print show-through. Bd. w.: Wither, G. Iuuvenilia. London, 1622, and STC 25903 Copy 1. Calf binding with gilt tooled spine and turn-ins, by W. Pratt; all edges gilt. Provenance: bookplate of Marshall Clifford Lefferts; Lefferts sale, 21 April 1902, lot 1424