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Auction archive: Lot number 78

Drayton (Michael) Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of...Great Britaine...Digested in a Poem, first edition, second issue, Printed by H.L. for Mathew Lownes: I. Browne: I. Helme, and I. Bushie, 1613.

Estimate
£2,500 - £3,000
ca. US$3,143 - US$3,771
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 78

Drayton (Michael) Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of...Great Britaine...Digested in a Poem, first edition, second issue, Printed by H.L. for Mathew Lownes: I. Browne: I. Helme, and I. Bushie, 1613.

Estimate
£2,500 - £3,000
ca. US$3,143 - US$3,771
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Drayton (Michael) Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of...Great Britaine...Digested in a Poem, first edition, second issue, additional engraved title and portrait of Henry I by William Hole the latter remargined, washed and pressed (probably from another copy), 18 double-page engraved maps, some trimmed within platemark, 18th century sprinkled calf, rebacked preserving original gilt spine, a little rubbed, [STC 7227; Pforzheimer 308; Hayward 43], folio, Printed by H.L. for Mathew Lownes: I. Browne: I. Helme, and I. Bushie, 1613. ⁂ The Boies Penrose copy (with bookplates) of Drayton's great poetical survey in praise of Britain with each of the 18 songs accompanied by a map of the region celebrated. This copy is of the second issue with the printed title dated 1613, the maps bearing page numbers, and the 4-page table bound in before the main body of the work.

Auction archive: Lot number 78
Auction:
Datum:
10 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
Beschreibung:

Drayton (Michael) Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of...Great Britaine...Digested in a Poem, first edition, second issue, additional engraved title and portrait of Henry I by William Hole the latter remargined, washed and pressed (probably from another copy), 18 double-page engraved maps, some trimmed within platemark, 18th century sprinkled calf, rebacked preserving original gilt spine, a little rubbed, [STC 7227; Pforzheimer 308; Hayward 43], folio, Printed by H.L. for Mathew Lownes: I. Browne: I. Helme, and I. Bushie, 1613. ⁂ The Boies Penrose copy (with bookplates) of Drayton's great poetical survey in praise of Britain with each of the 18 songs accompanied by a map of the region celebrated. This copy is of the second issue with the printed title dated 1613, the maps bearing page numbers, and the 4-page table bound in before the main body of the work.

Auction archive: Lot number 78
Auction:
Datum:
10 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
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