Iter boreale : with large additions of several other poems being an exact collection of all hitherto extant. Never before published together
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Type of record: Book
Title: Iter boreale : with large additions of several other poems being an exact collection of all hitherto extant. Never before published together
Other titles: Upon the rebuilding the city
Classmark: BC Lt d/WIL
Creator(s): Wild, Robert (1609-1679)
Additional creator(s): Williams, John (1683) (Other)
Related people: Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670; Williams, John
Publisher: Printed for John Williams, in Cross-Keys-Cours in Little Britain
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1670
Language: English
Size and medium: [2], 5-122, [14] p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/273364
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991018434419705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
One of two editions published by Williams in 1670, with different ornaments and with text differently set. Differences include: on p.5 of this ed.: space between Iter and Boreale measures 5 mm, the other measures 11 mm; the space between George and Monck measures 7 mm, the other measures 11 mm; capital W appears as W in this ed., and as VV in other ed.; on p. 6, line 14 reads: '... Crust of Dough.', the other has '... crust of dough.' On final page, the last line of the text reads: ' ... near nighbors are.', the other has ' ... neer neighbours are.'.
"The recantation of a penitent Proteus", "The fair quarrel", and "Upon the rebuilding the city" each have special t.p. dated 1668-70.
"Upon the rebuilding the city" (4 leaves, signed I on the second leaf) is separately entered by Wing as W 2154.
Upon the rebuilding the city.
Wing (2nd ed.) W2137.
Additional description
Wanting A1 (pp.1-2, blank). With signatures of Nicolaus Story, 1699, on p.5 Alex Sawers, undated, on title-page and Simon Sawers, Pewtheven, in Haddingtown, 1742, passim
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