Ogilby, John. The relation of His Majestie's entertainment passing through the city of London, to his coronation : with a description of the triumphal arches, and solemnity

Folger bibliographic ID: 141892
ESTC number: R207879
Wing number: O181
Folger call number: 268- 803q item 2
Folger holdings ID: 491832
Accession Number: 268803.2

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General notes

Leaf A1 recto is blank; A1 verso bears coat of arms of Charles II and a license to print signed: Edward Nicolas. Leaf a*1 contains a dedication to the Lord Mayor, etc., verso blank Signatures: [A]² a*1 B-K² L1 Two editions, with copies in various states, have been identified, with extensive type corrections in sheets B and F in particular. In this edition, G1 recto has a six-line woodcut initial, on K1 recto "cavalcade" is spelled without a hyphen, and collation ends with L1. Cf. Fredson Bowers, "Ogilby's Coronation Entertainment (1661-1689): Editions and Issues" (PBSA 47 (1953), p. 340-42). Wing does not distinguish between editions. This description varies slightly from Bowers and ESTC, which consider variations on sheet B to be edition markers Head-pieces; initials

Item information about Folger 268- 803q item 2

Leaf a*1 bound at end. Anonymous armorial bookplate (motto: Le bon temps viendra) of the Harcourt family of Stanton Harcourt and Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire. Fragment of a leaf torn from an unidentified almanac inserted between items 9 and 10. In early speckled leather (sheepskin) inboard binding with later red leather spine label. Bound second in a volume of 10 items, mostly Restoration poetry. Numbered '2' in pencil on first leaf upper right by Folger staff. Acquired from Christopher Edwards, 2015-01-05, who acquired it at Sotheby's London sale (L14408), 09 December 2014, lot 16

Uniform title: Relation of His Majestie's entertainment passing through the city of London, to his coronation
Extended title: The relation of His Majestie's entertainment passing through the city of London, to his coronation : with a description of the triumphal arches, and solemnity / by John Ogilby

Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685 Coronations Festivals Processions Triumphal arches Inscriptions, Latin London (England)

author: Ogilby, John, 1600-1676
subject: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685
printer: Roycroft, Thomas, -1677
bookseller: Marriot, Richard, active 17th century
former owner: Harcourt (Family : Stanton Harcourt (England))