Printed by M: Simmons, in Alderseate-Street in 1654. Fourth edition, octavo, worn calf-leather binding, covers detached, lacking frontispiece and leaves M1-M8, P1. Leaf P7 loose, nearly detached. Leaf T4 missing top foredge corner (roughly 1.5” by 1.5”) with minor text loss to the verso, leaf Bb2 detached and missing bottom fore-edge corner (roughly 1.5” by 2”) with minor text loss to the verso. Bookplate of Joseph Tasker of Middleton Hall Essex. "Sotheby" written below the bookplate.
6 blank leaves, likely later additions, title page expertly mounted on a blank leaf, A3 (Ad Lectorem), A4-A7, B1-7, C1-8, D1-8, E1-8, F1-8, G1-8, H1-8, I1-8, [no J, as-issued], K1-8, L1-3 (Epigrams), L4-8, N1-8, O1-O8, P2-P4 (Epitaphs), P5, P6-8, NR?, Q3-Q8, R1-8, S1-8, T1 [no T2, as-issued], T3-7, U2-8, X1-7, Y1-Y7, Z1-Z8, Aa1-8, Bb1-(Fancies & Fantasticks) minor worming to title through B3 and Bb3 through Bb7. Occasional annotation and small (<1”) tears throughout. Duplicate of B1 in rear (missing bottom fore-edge corner, roughly 3” by 1.5”).
Numerous woodcut illustrations and labyrinth poems throughout: L3 verso, P4 verso, P5 verso, P6 verso, P7 & verso, P8, NR, Q4, U2, U6, Y3, Y5 Verso, Z1 Verso, Z3 Verso, Z5 Verso, Bb3, Bb7
Printed by M: Simmons, in Alderseate-Street in 1654. Fourth edition, octavo, worn calf-leather binding, covers detached, lacking frontispiece and leaves M1-M8, P1. Leaf P7 loose, nearly detached. Leaf T4 missing top foredge corner (roughly 1.5” by 1.5”) with minor text loss to the verso, leaf Bb2 detached and missing bottom fore-edge corner (roughly 1.5” by 2”) with minor text loss to the verso. Bookplate of Joseph Tasker of Middleton Hall Essex. "Sotheby" written below the bookplate.
6 blank leaves, likely later additions, title page expertly mounted on a blank leaf, A3 (Ad Lectorem), A4-A7, B1-7, C1-8, D1-8, E1-8, F1-8, G1-8, H1-8, I1-8, [no J, as-issued], K1-8, L1-3 (Epigrams), L4-8, N1-8, O1-O8, P2-P4 (Epitaphs), P5, P6-8, NR?, Q3-Q8, R1-8, S1-8, T1 [no T2, as-issued], T3-7, U2-8, X1-7, Y1-Y7, Z1-Z8, Aa1-8, Bb1-(Fancies & Fantasticks) minor worming to title through B3 and Bb3 through Bb7. Occasional annotation and small (<1”) tears throughout. Duplicate of B1 in rear (missing bottom fore-edge corner, roughly 3” by 1.5”).
Numerous woodcut illustrations and labyrinth poems throughout: L3 verso, P4 verso, P5 verso, P6 verso, P7 & verso, P8, NR, Q4, U2, U6, Y3, Y5 Verso, Z1 Verso, Z3 Verso, Z5 Verso, Bb3, Bb7
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