The works of the Honourable Sr. Philip Sidney, kt. in prose and verse : In three volumes... [etc.] (v.3)
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Type of record: Book
Title: The works of the Honourable Sr. Philip Sidney, kt. in prose and verse : In three volumes... [etc.] (v.3)
Classmark: BC Lt/SID
Creator(s): Sidney, Sir Philip (1554-1586)
Additional creator(s): Bellings, Richard (1677) (Other)
Related people: Bellings, Richard
Publisher: Printed for E. Taylor, A. Bettesworth, E. Curll, W. Mears, and R. Gosling
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1724-5
Language: English
Size and medium: 3 v
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/284096
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991001886679705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
Previous eds. are entitled 'The countesse of Pembroke's Arcadia' [with additions].
Vol. 1 has general t.p. and special t.p., both dated 1725; vols. 2 and 3 both have special t.p.s dated 1724.
Pagination: v. 1: [12], 32, 419 p., [3] leaves of plates; v. 2: [401]-881 p., [3] leaves of plates ; v. 3: [4], 64, 184, [8] p., [1] leaf of plates.
The order of contents does not follow that given on the t.p.
Vol. 3 contains: 'A sixth book to the Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia. Written by R. B[ellings] of Lincoln's Inn' and 'The poetical works of Sir Philip Sidney, kt. The fourteenth edition', each with a separate t.p.
'The poetical works... ' include Sidney's prose 'Defense' and 'Lady of May'.
The first collected edition.
Contents: Contents (from t.p.): I. The countess of Pembroke's Arcadia.--II. The defence of poesy.--III. Astrophel and Stella.--IV. The remedy of love; Sonnets, &c.--V. The lady of May. A masque.--VI. The life of the author.
Indexed in: ESTC T147519.
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