Cornwallis, William, Sir. Essayes, by Sr William Cornwallyes, the younger, Knight

Folger bibliographic ID: 168510
STC number: 5780.7
ESTC number: S120370
Folger call number: STC 5781.2
Folger holdings ID: 163451

Edition

Newlie corrected

Bibliographic format

octavo

General notes

Editor's dedication signed: H.O., i.e. Henry Olney The title page is engraved and signed: T. Cecill sculp Signatures: [A]⁴ B-2O⁸ The first leaf is blank "Essayes, the second part" and "Discourses vpon Seneca the tragedian" have separate letterpress title pages; register is continuous. The first has imprint "... printed by Tho. Harper, for Iohn Marriot, and are to be sold at his shop, ... 1631"; the second has "... printed by Tho. Harper, and are to be sold by Ambrose Ritherdon ... 1631". Variant: the first sub title page has "printed by Tho. Harper, and are to be sold by Ambrose Ritherdon ..." A variant of the edition with Marriott's initials in the main title page imprint Identified as STC 5781a on UMI microfilm, reel 647

Item information about Folger STC 5781.2

HH59/28. Black morocco binding, gold-tooled and signed by F. Bedford. Provenance: Christie Miller - Britwell Court - Harmsworth copy

Uniform title: Essays
Alternate titles: Discourses vpon Seneca the tragedian, Discourses upon Seneca the tragedian

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D Latin drama (Tragedy)

author: Cornwallis, William, Sir, approximately 1579-1614
subject: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D
associated with: Olney, Henry
printmaker: Cecil, Thomas, active 1630
former owner: Harmsworth, R. Leicester Sir, (Robert Leicester), 1870-1937
former owner: Britwell Court Library