Du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste seigneur 1544-1590 creator Sylvester, Josuah 1563-1618 Lownes, Humphrey -1629 printer. Force, Peter 1790-1868 former owner. English Printing Collection (Library of Congress) text enk At London Printed by Humfrey Lownes ... 1605] 1605 monographic eng fre

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[28], 160, 169-383, [6], 386-387, 390-435, [4], 438-660, [27], 674-715 [i.e. 757], [1] p. : ill., coat-of-arms (woodcuts) ; 19 cm. (4to) translated & dedicated to the Kings most excellent Maiestie by Iosuah Syluester. In verse. The book consists of J. Sylvester's translations of Du Bartas's "La semaine". Fragments and other small works: La Noue's "Paradoxe", Du Faur's "Quatrains"; with other sonnets and dedications. This issue has no imprint on the t.p.; imprint from T2r t.p. The parts are continously paged and several have separate title pages, dated 1605. Signatures: A-2V⁸ 2X⁸(+2X*⁴(-2X*4)) 2Y-3A⁸. LC copy imperfect: A1 (t.p.) wanting and replaced by typescript; B8 bound in before A2. Two conjunct leaves, one marked "A6" appear to have been taken from a copy of STC (2nd ed.) 21649a.5 (1606), and are bound in between A4 and A5. Leaf B1 differs from the Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints (1965) reprint; B1 recto is blank, except for the signature mark; B1 verso's heading reads: A catalogue of the order of the bookes in this volume. DLC History of Biblical events Poetry Early works to 1800 Creation Poetry Early works to 1800 England London PQ1616.E2 S8 1605 STC (2nd ed.) 21649a Pibrac, Guy du Faur, seigneur de 1529-1584 La Noue, Odet de, seigneur de Téligny -1618 ca 11002821 DLC 850506 20260227111057.0 ca 11002821