Shelfmark
Ge.3.14(03)
Author
Title
Thrēnōdia. Siue Pandionium melos, in perpetuam serenissimæ simul ac beatissimæ Principis Annæ nuper Angliæ Reginæ memoriam. Elegies and epitaphs, / by W. S. late servant and chaplaine to her majestie..
Varying form of title
Distinctive title: Threnodia. Sive Pandionium melos
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Imprinted by Iohn Beale., 1619..
Physical description
[24] p. ; 20 cm. (4to.)
Note
W.S. = William Slatyer, whose name appears in anagrams on B1r and elsewhere.
Note
In verse, mostly in English, with some Hebrew, Greek and Latin.
Note
First word of title in Greek characters.
Note
Signatures: [A]¹ (=D4) B-D⁴ (-D4).
Note
Running title reads: Threnodia Britannica.
Note
Title-page vignette; head- and tail-pieces; some calligram type layouts.
Citation/references note
STC (2nd ed.) 22636
Citation/references note
ESTC, S117426
Provenance
Inscription on second flyleaf: Humphry ffrances 18th fbr 1701. Ejus liber.
Provenance
Inscription on first flyleaf: Northeswortha probes hunc in sua jura libellum ponit, ut[?] et sibi vult hoc Heliconis operum.
Provenance
Booklabel recording donation to Eton College by John Reynolds in 1751.
Binding
Contemporary dark brown calf; blind tooled triple fillet frame; blind tooled single fillet on board edges; blind tooled double fillet and single fillet on spine, with compartments of hatching at head and tail and further hatching on joints; red morocco spine label with gold tooled triple fillet and title; four raised bands; printers' waste (a small format edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses in Latin) as endpapers; red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
Third of 8 items bound in volume.
Copy-specific note
Handwritten list of titles in volume on second flyleaf.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Fi.5.2.
Subject
Anne, 1574 - 1619 Queen, consort of James I, King of England, Death and burial Poetry.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London
Language code
eng
Identifier
B49401