Poems: by Michael Drayton Esquire : Viz. The barons warres, Englands heroicall epistles, Idea, Odes ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631
Other Authors: Hole, William, d. 1624
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Printed by W. Stansby for Iohn Swethwicke [sic], and are to be sold at his shop in Saint Dunstanes Church-yard in Fleet-streete vnder the Diall, [1619]
Series:Early English books online.
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Description
Item Description:In verse.
The poem titles are arranged on the title page with a complex system of brackets.
Another state of STC 7222, with an added engraved title page printed on [A]1r and an engraved portrait on [A]2v. The engraved title reads "Poems by Michael Drayton Esquyer. .."; the portrait is signed: Wil. Hole scul.
"Englands heroicall epistles", "Idea", "Odes", "The legends of Robert, Duke of Normandie ...", "The owle", and "Pastorals" each have separate title page dated 1619; pagination and register are continuous.
Identified as STC 7222a at reel 594:8.
Appears at reel 594 (Folger Shakespeare Library copy) and at reel 1955 (Cambridge University Library copy).
Item at reel 594:8: t.p. is pen facsimile of STC 7222.5, done on verso of genuine portrait.
Reproductions of the originals in the Folger Shakespeare Library and Cambridge University Library.
Physical Description:1 online resource ([8], 487, [1] p. : port. (metal cut))