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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

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Added entry--place

England London.

Identifier

B34163
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