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[FLETCHER, Phineas]. The Purple Island, or the Isle of Man: together with Piscatorie Eclogs and other Poeticall Miscellanies. By P.F. Cambridge: by the Printers to the Universitie, 1633.
2 parts in 1 volume, small 4° (191 x 146mm.). LARGE-PAPER ISSUE (now cut down) with engraved arms of Edward Benlowes, the dedicatee, on verso of title and engraved emblematic leaf of verse following the second title. (Lacking initial blank.) 19th-century morocco gilt, edges gilt. Provenance: purchased from Pickering 1847; Viscount Birkenhead (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. A few large-paper copies were produced for presentation by Edward Benlowes. These usually have 3 engravings not present in ordinary copies. However, this copy (like the Harvard and one British Library copy) has only two as described, without the further leaf of emblematic verse. Both internal blanks are present. STC 11082.5; Pforzheimer 376; Hayward 67.
2 parts in 1 volume, small 4° (191 x 146mm.). LARGE-PAPER ISSUE (now cut down) with engraved arms of Edward Benlowes, the dedicatee, on verso of title and engraved emblematic leaf of verse following the second title. (Lacking initial blank.) 19th-century morocco gilt, edges gilt. Provenance: purchased from Pickering 1847; Viscount Birkenhead (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. A few large-paper copies were produced for presentation by Edward Benlowes. These usually have 3 engravings not present in ordinary copies. However, this copy (like the Harvard and one British Library copy) has only two as described, without the further leaf of emblematic verse. Both internal blanks are present. STC 11082.5; Pforzheimer 376; Hayward 67.