Eliz 236: Bound in calf, gold tooling on cover and spine, gilt edges. Signature of Joshua Sylvester (the poet?), dated 1609, on the title page. Collation note, signed and dated G.M., 1 March 1897, on rear free endpaper. Gift of Alexander S. Cochran, December 1911. and The first edition.
Publisher:
by William How, for Abraham Veale, dwelling in Paules Church yeard, at the signe of the Lambe
Engravings variously signed: M. vander Gucht, AE, L. du Guernier. and Includes Chetwood's Life of Virgil and Preface to the Pastorals (v. 1, p. 13-100) and Addison's An essay on the Georgics (v. 1, 77-92). Neither work is signed. Cf. D.N.B., v. 4, p. 210 on Chetwood and The new Cambridge bibliography of English literature, v. 2, col. 1100 on Addison.
Publisher:
Printed by Jacob Tonson ...,
Subject (Name):
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719 and Chetwood, Knightly, 1650-1720
Eliz 235: Bound in contemporary blind-tooled calf. There are a few annotations in the text, and the signatures of Anna Gordon on Z₁r and Janet Williamsone of u₃v. Provenance not traced. and The first edition in Scottish.
