Emblemes : by Fra: Quarles.
1635
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Title
Emblemes : by Fra: Quarles.
Created/published
London : Printed by G[eorge] M[iller] and sold at Iohn Marriots shope in St Dunstons Church yard fleetstreet, 1635.
Description
[8], 136, 133-307, [21] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (copper-plate engravings) ; (8vo)
Associated name
Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644, author.
Marshall, William, active 1617-1650, printmaker.
Simpson, William, active 1635-1646, printmaker.
Benlowes, Edward, 1603?-1676.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Marshall, William, active 1617-1650, printmaker.
Simpson, William, active 1635-1646, printmaker.
Benlowes, Edward, 1603?-1676.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Note
In verse.
Printer's name from STC.
The title page is engraved and signed: William. Marshall. Sculpsit.
The text engravings are mostly signed by William Simpson and by Marshall.
"Quarlëis" (plate) by Edward Benlowes has separate divisional title engraved by Marshall. The text is in the same setting as in STC 20540.
In this edition A2r line 9 has "played"; N4r lacks a quotation from St. Augustine.
Signatures: A-X⁸ Y².
Printer's name from STC.
The title page is engraved and signed: William. Marshall. Sculpsit.
The text engravings are mostly signed by William Simpson and by Marshall.
"Quarlëis" (plate) by Edward Benlowes has separate divisional title engraved by Marshall. The text is in the same setting as in STC 20540.
In this edition A2r line 9 has "played"; N4r lacks a quotation from St. Augustine.
Signatures: A-X⁸ Y².
ESTC staff note
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), 20540.5
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S937
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S937
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Selected image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 20540
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 20540
Folger-specific note
HH174/7. Calf binding with blocked and tooled gilt and blind decoration. Inserted before A1 is a port. of Quarles; inserted after V8 is an engraved t.p. from another copy or edition?. Bound before X1 is the separate t.p. found in the variant: Lusus poëticus poëtis. Londini: Excudebat G.M., 1634. Provenance: Britwell Court - Harmsworth copy