first edition [14], 181, [3, blank], [2, second title], [2, blank], 96, 101-130, [2] pp. Collation: ¶-¶¶4 (¶3 and ¶4 reversed), A-Z4, *2
1633 · Cambridge
by Fletcher, Phineas
Cambridge: Printers to the Universitie, 1633. First edition. [14], 181, [3, blank], [2, second title], [2, blank], 96, 101-130, [2] pp. Collation: ¶-¶¶4 (¶3 and ¶4 reversed), A-Z4, *2 (*1 a blank and *2 reversed), A-M4, O-R4. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary paneled calf, spine gilt, joints cracked but cords holding, title page repaired on verso, some browning throughout, a few leaves trimmed close at upper margin, half of binder's rfep excised, contemporary Welsh annotations to paste-downs, in custom chemise and slipcase. First edition. [14], 181, [3, blank], [2, second title], [2, blank], 96, 101-130, [2] pp. Collation: ¶-¶¶4 (¶3 and ¶4 reversed), A-Z4, *2 (*1 a blank and *2 reversed), A-M4, O-R4. 1 vols. 4to. Of the first poem, Osler remarks that it is an "elaborate allegorical description of the human body, with anatomical notes ... " The "Piscatory Eclogues" have a separate title and pagination, and "the inner meaning of the poem, is rather amorous than piscatorial", according to Westwood & Satchell. STC 11082; Hayward 67; Pforzheimer 376; Bibliotheca Osleriana 4810; Westwood & Satchell, p. 95
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