[Poly-Olbion] A Chorographicall Description of All the Tracts, Rivers, Mountains, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britain, 2 parts in one vol., FIRST EDITION, first part third issue, second part issue with author's name on title, engraved allegorical title by William Hole with facing letterpress text, engraved portrait of Prince Henry, 30 double-page engraved maps (2 with small loss of image, several cut close but not touching text), additional portrait of the author by Hole pasted onto blank verso of first title, additional portrait of the Prince of Wales pasted on blank verso of second title, frontispiece and description leaf laid down, variable dampstaining to lower margin, early inked inscription "Michael Drayton" on verso of Henry engraving, eighteenth century calf, rebacked [ESTC S121639, S121634; Pforzheimer 308, 309 (issue without author's name on title)], folio (282 x 185mm.), John Marriott, John Grismand, and Thomas Dewe, 1622
[Poly-Olbion] A Chorographicall Description of All the Tracts, Rivers, Mountains, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britain, 2 parts in one vol., FIRST EDITION, first part third issue, second part issue with author's name on title, engraved allegorical title by William Hole with facing letterpress text, engraved portrait of Prince Henry, 30 double-page engraved maps (2 with small loss of image, several cut close but not touching text), additional portrait of the author by Hole pasted onto blank verso of first title, additional portrait of the Prince of Wales pasted on blank verso of second title, frontispiece and description leaf laid down, variable dampstaining to lower margin, early inked inscription "Michael Drayton" on verso of Henry engraving, eighteenth century calf, rebacked [ESTC S121639, S121634; Pforzheimer 308, 309 (issue without author's name on title)], folio (282 x 185mm.), John Marriott, John Grismand, and Thomas Dewe, 1622
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