The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia / written by Sir Philip Sidney Knight ; now since the first edition augmented and ended.
1593
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Title
The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia / written by Sir Philip Sidney Knight ; now since the first edition augmented and ended.
Uniform title
Arcadia
Created/published
London : Printed [by John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, anno Domini. 1593.
Description
[4], 243 leaves ; (fol.)
Associated name
Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586. author.
Sanford, Hugh, -1607.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Sanford, Hugh, -1607.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Note
Editor's note "To the reader" signed: H.S., i.e. Hugh Sanford.
Partly in verse.
Printer's name from STC.
Signatures: [par.]⁴ A-2R⁶ 2S⁴(-2S4); leaf [par.]1 is blank.
Partly in verse.
Printer's name from STC.
Signatures: [par.]⁴ A-2R⁶ 2S⁴(-2S4); leaf [par.]1 is blank.
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo.
Exhibited
copy 1. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2003. Elizabeth I (catalog p. 98)
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), 22540
Sir Philip Sidney (ed. Dennis Kay, 1987), p. 292
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111872
Sir Philip Sidney (ed. Dennis Kay, 1987), p. 292
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111872
Linked resources
Cover-to-cover images of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 22540 copy 1
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 22540 copy 2 (Selections only)
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 22540 copy 2 (Selections only)
Genre/form
Annotations.
Made-up copies.
Manicules.
Made-up copies.
Manicules.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 22540 copy 1 (folio)
Folger-specific note
Manuscript notes throughout; manuscript indexes on the back endpapers; blank leaf repaired at margins. Bound in old brown calf, rebacked with original spine laid down. Provenance: inscribed: "John Wylde"; "dorothea w [...] [? habes ...]"; "Dorothy Wylld her booke / 1645; "Mrs Mary Wyld," "Lincolnes Inn"; manuscript inscriptions in Greek and French; Latin inscription subscribed "W. Blount" ("Ter pulcru[m] est, quod ter lectum placet"); Bright sale no. 5240; Britwell sale, 6/15/1920, item no. 282; Harmsworth copy
Folger accession
HH190.24
Call number
STC 22540 copy 2 (folio)
Folger-specific note
Wanting the initial blank. Made-up copy: [par.]4 probably from another copy; R5 and 2F3-4 from another copy. Manuscript content (trimmed, affecting includes: pen trials or penmanship practice on 2K1v; notes, 2A4r, 2Q1v; manicules, etc. on K3r, P5r-v, 2O3v; corrections, Q2v; Y4 torn; trimmed, affecting pen trials and some running-titles; wormed, affecting text through about X1; stains and rust-holes throughout, affecting text. Bound in old calf rebacked; in a box by Riviere & Son. Provenance: inscription on t.p.: "Guil: [William] Helme ex dono Hen: Willughbie [Henry Willoughby]"; Folger purchase from Maggs, May 1929
Folger accession
cs1915