Shelfmark
Ib1.2.10
Author
Title
A short vievv of the life and death of George Villers, Duke of Buckingham. Written by Sir Henry Wotton, Knight, late provost of Eaton Colledge.
Varying form of title
Short view of the life and death of George Villers, Duke of Buckingham
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for William Sheares, 1642.
Physical description
[4], 28 p. : port. ; 19 cm. (4to)
Note
Annotation on Thomason copy: "Octob: 22".
Note
With head- and tail-pieces and initials.
Note
Title page enclosed within narrow border.
Note
Signatures: [A]² B-D⁴ E².
Note
A variant of the edition lacking publication date in imprint.
Note
With an engraved frontispiece portrait of George Villers (leaf A1 verso).
Citation/references note
Thomason, E.124[1]
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), W3653
Citation/references note
ESTC, R20156
Provenance
Eton College Library book label.
Provenance
Ms. inscription on front free endpaper: "d.d. E.L. Vaughan 1904".
Binding
?18th century calf binding; blind tooled fillets around the perimeter with additional fillet tooled parallel to the spine; gold tooled spine title.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect copy: portrait of George Villiers wanting.
Copy-specific note
Bound with: "Psychōdia platonica: or A platonicall song of the soul".
Subject
Added entry--name
Sheares, William, ? - -1662 publisher.
Added entry--name
Vaughan, E. L. (Edward Littleton) former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B34163