Shelfmark
En.9.05
Author
Collective uniform title
Works
Title
Pithy pleasaunt and profitable workes of maister Skelton, Poete Laureate. Nowe collected and newly published. Anno 1568.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Imprinted at London in Fletestreate, near vnto Saint Dunstones churche : by Thomas Marshe., 1568.
Physical description
[384] p. ; 8vo.
Note
In verse.
Note
Poems in English and Latin.
Note
Editor's initials appear on pi4v: I.S., ie John Stow (ESTC).
Note
Stationers' register: entered 1566-67.
Citation/references note
STC (2nd ed.), 22608
Citation/references note
Pforzheimer, 948
Citation/references note
ESTC, S111019
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Storer bequest label dated 1800; bequeathed to Eton by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799.
Binding
Late 18th century mid-brown calf; gold tooled double fillet border; gold tooled single fillet on board edges; gold tooled double fillet on spine; black morocco spine label; marbled endpapers; pink silk ribbon.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Ci.2.3.02, Cm.8.10.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect copy. Leaves J1, J8, K1 and S1 supplied in ms; S8 missing.
Copy-specific note
Textblock heavily cropped.
Genre/Form
Poems.
Added entry--name
Stow, John, 1525? - 1605 editor.
Added entry--name
Marsh, Thomas, fl. 1554 - 1587 printer.
Added entry--name
Storer, Anthony Morris, 1746 - 1799 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng lat
Identifier
B10894