Minerua Britanna or A garden of heroical deuises : furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, newly devised, moralized, and published, by Henry Peacham, Mr. of Artes.
1612
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Details
Title
Minerua Britanna or A garden of heroical deuises : furnished, and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, newly devised, moralized, and published, by Henry Peacham, Mr. of Artes.
Created/published
London : Printed in Shoe-lane at the signe of the Faulcon by Wa: Dight, [1612]
Description
[15], 100, [4], 101-212, [1] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; (4to)
Associated name
Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576-approximately 1643, author.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Bridgewater House Library, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Bridgewater House Library, former owner.
Note
In verse.
Signatures: A-2F⁴.
The second part has separate title page; pagination and register are continuous.
With "the author's conclusion, dated 1612. Variant: text ends on 2F1v without the conclusion.
Entered 9 August 1611.
Signatures: A-2F⁴.
The second part has separate title page; pagination and register are continuous.
With "the author's conclusion, dated 1612. Variant: text ends on 2F1v without the conclusion.
Entered 9 August 1611.
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available for copies 2 and 3.
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2000. Fortune (catalog entry 24)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2008. History in the Making.
Copy 1. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2010. Lost at Sea.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2008. History in the Making.
Copy 1. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2010. Lost at Sea.
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), 19511
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S114357
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S114357
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Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library STC 19511 Copy 1: "December Greetings", The Collation (24 December 2019)
Selected image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 19511 copy 2
Selected image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 19511 copy 3
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library STC 19511 Copy 1: "December Greetings", The Collation (24 December 2019)
Selected image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 19511 copy 2
Selected image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 19511 copy 3
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 19511 copy 1
Folger-specific note
Manuscript and printed bibliographical notes. Provenance: Bridgewater library - Sir Thomas Brooke - Sir John Arthur Brooke - Harmsworth copy
Folger accession
HH161/25
Call number
STC 19511 copy 2
Folger-specific note
Calf binding with gilt decoration, signed by W. Pratt. T.p repaired affecting imprint; A2 lacking; D1 repaired with some letters in facsimile; 2F2-3 remargined; 2F4 lacking, supplied in facsimile. Provenance: W.T. Smedley copy
Call number
STC 19511 copy 3
Folger-specific note
Blue goatskin binding, signed by Morrell ... London. Variant. 'Finis' written in ink on 2F1v
Folger accession
cs994