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WITHER, GEORGE (1588-1667). A COLLECTION OF EMBLEMES, ANCIENT AND MODERNE...THE FIRST [-FOURTH] BOOKE. LONDON: PRINTED BY A. M[ATHEWES] FOR HENRY TAUNTON, 1635.
2O (297 X 189 MM). "PREPOSITION TO THIS FRONTISPIECE" LEAF OF VERSE FACING ENGRAVED TITLE, SECTION TITLES TO SECOND-FOURTH BOOKS; ENGRAVED ADDITIONAL TITLE-PAGE BY WILLIAM MARSHALL, ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OF WITHER BY J. PAYNE ON A3V, AND 200 FINELY ENGRAVED CIRCULAR EMBLEM VIGNETTES BY CRISPIN DE PASSE; 2 WOODCUTS ON LAST LEAF, WOODCUT HEAD-PIECES, INITIALS AND DEVICES, TEXT WITHIN PRINTED RULED BORDERS. (C1 WITH LOWER MARGIN FRAYED AFFECTING A FEW LETTERS, A FEW CORNERS CHIPPED.) 18TH-CENTURY ENGLISH CALF, COVERS PANELLED WITH TRIPLE GILT FILLET BORDERS, WITH CORNER ORNAMENTS, SPINE IN SIX COMPARTMENTS WITH FIVE RAISED BANDS, INITIALS "GC" GILT-STAMPED IN FIRST COMPARTMENT, A REPEATED GILT-DECORATED PANEL IN THE REST, EDGES STAINED RED (MINOR WEAR TO HEAD OF SPINE, A FEW SMALL REPAIRS); QUARTER MOROCCO FOLDING CASE. PROVENANCE: "GC" (INITIALS GILT-STAMPED ON SPINE) -- BEVERLY CHEW (BOOKPLATE) -- ROBERT HOE (BOOKPLATE), SOLD IN PART IV OF HIS SALE, ANDERSON GALLERIES, NEW YORK, 21 NOVEMBER 1912, LOT 3286 -- ALICE W. LARKIN (SIGNATURE ON PASTEDOWN AND HER? FEW BRIGHT INK MARKINGS ON TEXT OF PRELIMINARIES) -- PURCHASED FROM JOHN HOWELL BOOKS, SAN FRANCISCO, 5 NOVEMBER 1969.
FIRST EDITION. There are five states of the title-page, each distinguished by a different bookseller's name in the imprint, and with no priority established. These engravings by Crispin de Passe were originally done for Gabriel Rollenhagen's Emblemes (published 1611-13); they were purchased by Henry Taunton and Wither was commissioned to compose new accompanying verses in English. Grolier Wither to Prior 1038; Praz, p. 538; STC 25900d. A VERY FINE CRISP COPY.
2O (297 X 189 MM). "PREPOSITION TO THIS FRONTISPIECE" LEAF OF VERSE FACING ENGRAVED TITLE, SECTION TITLES TO SECOND-FOURTH BOOKS; ENGRAVED ADDITIONAL TITLE-PAGE BY WILLIAM MARSHALL, ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OF WITHER BY J. PAYNE ON A3V, AND 200 FINELY ENGRAVED CIRCULAR EMBLEM VIGNETTES BY CRISPIN DE PASSE; 2 WOODCUTS ON LAST LEAF, WOODCUT HEAD-PIECES, INITIALS AND DEVICES, TEXT WITHIN PRINTED RULED BORDERS. (C1 WITH LOWER MARGIN FRAYED AFFECTING A FEW LETTERS, A FEW CORNERS CHIPPED.) 18TH-CENTURY ENGLISH CALF, COVERS PANELLED WITH TRIPLE GILT FILLET BORDERS, WITH CORNER ORNAMENTS, SPINE IN SIX COMPARTMENTS WITH FIVE RAISED BANDS, INITIALS "GC" GILT-STAMPED IN FIRST COMPARTMENT, A REPEATED GILT-DECORATED PANEL IN THE REST, EDGES STAINED RED (MINOR WEAR TO HEAD OF SPINE, A FEW SMALL REPAIRS); QUARTER MOROCCO FOLDING CASE. PROVENANCE: "GC" (INITIALS GILT-STAMPED ON SPINE) -- BEVERLY CHEW (BOOKPLATE) -- ROBERT HOE (BOOKPLATE), SOLD IN PART IV OF HIS SALE, ANDERSON GALLERIES, NEW YORK, 21 NOVEMBER 1912, LOT 3286 -- ALICE W. LARKIN (SIGNATURE ON PASTEDOWN AND HER? FEW BRIGHT INK MARKINGS ON TEXT OF PRELIMINARIES) -- PURCHASED FROM JOHN HOWELL BOOKS, SAN FRANCISCO, 5 NOVEMBER 1969.
FIRST EDITION. There are five states of the title-page, each distinguished by a different bookseller's name in the imprint, and with no priority established. These engravings by Crispin de Passe were originally done for Gabriel Rollenhagen's Emblemes (published 1611-13); they were purchased by Henry Taunton and Wither was commissioned to compose new accompanying verses in English. Grolier Wither to Prior 1038; Praz, p. 538; STC 25900d. A VERY FINE CRISP COPY.