DUPLICATES FROM THE LIBRARY OF ROBERT S PIRIE
ALEXANDER, Sir William (Earl of Stirling). Recreations with the Muses. London: Tho. Harper, 1637.
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ALEXANDER, Sir William (Earl of Stirling). Recreations with the Muses. London: Tho. Harper, 1637.
2 parts in 1 volume, 2° (285 x 180 mm.). Woodcut title border (very slightly shaved), with initial and final blank. (Without the engraved portrait as usual.) Contemporary calf (skilfully rebacked). Provenance: Mary Starkey (17th-century signature on first blank); Sir Thomas Preston (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of the collected poems and verse tragedies, revised by the author. STC 347; Pforzheimer 5; Greg English Printed Drama 1010-11.
2 parts in 1 volume, 2° (285 x 180 mm.). Woodcut title border (very slightly shaved), with initial and final blank. (Without the engraved portrait as usual.) Contemporary calf (skilfully rebacked). Provenance: Mary Starkey (17th-century signature on first blank); Sir Thomas Preston (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of the collected poems and verse tragedies, revised by the author. STC 347; Pforzheimer 5; Greg English Printed Drama 1010-11.