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The workes of Master George Wither : of Lincolns-Inne, Gentleman : Containing Satyrs. Epigrams. Eclogues. Sonnets. and Poems : Whereunto is annexed a Paraphrase on the Creed and the Lords Prayer

Archive Print Item: Strong Room Engl. 8vo 1620/WIT

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Type of record: Book

Title: The workes of Master George Wither : of Lincolns-Inne, Gentleman : Containing Satyrs. Epigrams. Eclogues. Sonnets. and Poems : Whereunto is annexed a Paraphrase on the Creed and the Lords Prayer

Level: Item

Classmark: Strong Room Engl. 8vo 1620/WIT

Creator(s): Wither, George (1588-1667)

Publisher: Printed by Iohn Beale for Thomas Walkley

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1620

Language: English

Size and medium: [346] p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/270221

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991017896639705181

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STC, 2d ed., 25890; For variations see: Grolier Club: English writers from Wither to Prior, v. 3, p. 255-256.


Signatures: A-L⁸, M⁴, N-Y⁸, Z⁴ (A1 and T4 (blank) and L⁸ (incorrectly printed) not included in collation; the latter two cancelled in this copy.).


Each section except the first (To the Kings most Excellent Maiestie, A Satyre) and last (Inter Equitand: Palinod. Sonnets. The Christians Armour) has special t. p.: Epithalamia. The Shepheards Pipe. Other Eglogues, by Master Brooke, and Master Dauies. The Shepheards Hvnting. Fidelia, Newly Corr[e]cted and augmented.


The collection is continuous.


For an account of the publication of this unauthorized collection, see P. Simpson, "Walkley's piracy of Wither's poems in 1620" in the Library, ser. 4, v. 6 (1925) p. [271]-277.

Additional description

Wanting 2 leaves (sig. L5 or L6, and sig. T4, T5 or T6) presumably blank

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