Poems of Mr. Covvley and others / composed into songs and ayres with a thorough basse to the theorbo, harpsecon, or base-violl ; by William King, organist of New-Colledge in the University of Oxon.
1668
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Title
Poems of Mr. Covvley and others / composed into songs and ayres with a thorough basse to the theorbo, harpsecon, or base-violl ; by William King, organist of New-Colledge in the University of Oxon.
Created/published
Oxford : Imprinted by William Hall, for the author, 1668.
Description
[4], 55, [1] p. : music ; 30 cm (fol.)
Associated name
King, William, approximately 1624-1680, composer.
Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667, author.
Hall, William, active 1656-1672, printer.
King, William, approximately 1624-1680, publisher.
Withy, John, former owner.
Juel-Jensen, Bent, former owner.
Pirie, Robert S., former owner.
Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667, author.
Hall, William, active 1656-1672, printer.
King, William, approximately 1624-1680, publisher.
Withy, John, former owner.
Juel-Jensen, Bent, former owner.
Pirie, Robert S., former owner.
Note
Signatures: [A]² B-P².
"Of the twenty-four pieces by King, fourteen use poems from Cowley's Mistress (1656) and "Awake awake my lyre" is from his posthumously published Davideis. Two of the songs are composed by George King and "E.Y.," possibly Edward Young."--Sotheby's description.
"Of the twenty-four pieces by King, fourteen use poems from Cowley's Mistress (1656) and "Awake awake my lyre" is from his posthumously published Davideis. Two of the songs are composed by George King and "E.Y.," possibly Edward Young."--Sotheby's description.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue, R179271
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), K543
Madan, F. Oxford books, III, 2805
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), K543
Madan, F. Oxford books, III, 2805
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Oxford.
Item Details
Call number
269- 345q
Folger-specific note
Autograph (P2v): Jo. Wythie his Booke, 1668 [presumably John Withy the composer and viol-player]. Bookplates: Bent Juel-Jensen; Robert S Pirie. A few manuscript annotations (e.g. G1), including numbering of some songs; price on title: 7s. 6d. Tears to title and some other leaves repaired. Leaves untrimmed except for first two leaves, corners restored at the beginning and end of the volume; N2 bound upside-down. Bound in modern half red goatskin. Acquired at the Robert S. Pirie sale, Sotheby's, New York, 2015-12-02/04, lot 201. Adopted by Stephen and Maygen Daniels, Acquisitions Night 2016.
Folger accession
269345