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MICHAEL DRAYTON (1563-1631)
Poly-Olbion. A chorographicall description of all the tracts, rivers, mountains, forests, and other parts of this renowned isle of Great Britain, London: [Augustine Mathewes for] John Marriott, John Grismand and Thomas Dewe, 1622. 2 parts in one volume. Small 2° (265 x 175mm). Engraved allegorical "frontispiece" by William Hole, portrait of Prince Henry and 30 double-page engraved maps by Michael Drayton. (Frontispiece and some maps shaved, maps re-hinged, map of Dorset/Hants with short closed tear, E3 with repaired tear, G2, P4 and V5 with small rust holes, E2 in part II with short marginal tear, a few spots). 19th-century dark blue straight-grained morocco gilt (joints and edges rubbed), dentelles, g.e.
This copy has the third issue of the first title, second issue of the portrait, and the first issue of the second part. Lowndes p.671; Skelton 8; STC 7228. "According to Ellis, 'a wonderful work, exhibiting at once the learning of an historian, an antiquary, a naturalist, and a geographer: and embellished by the imagination of a poet.'" (Lowndes).
Poly-Olbion. A chorographicall description of all the tracts, rivers, mountains, forests, and other parts of this renowned isle of Great Britain, London: [Augustine Mathewes for] John Marriott, John Grismand and Thomas Dewe, 1622. 2 parts in one volume. Small 2° (265 x 175mm). Engraved allegorical "frontispiece" by William Hole, portrait of Prince Henry and 30 double-page engraved maps by Michael Drayton. (Frontispiece and some maps shaved, maps re-hinged, map of Dorset/Hants with short closed tear, E
This copy has the third issue of the first title, second issue of the portrait, and the first issue of the second part. Lowndes p.671; Skelton 8; STC 7228. "According to Ellis, 'a wonderful work, exhibiting at once the learning of an historian, an antiquary, a naturalist, and a geographer: and embellished by the imagination of a poet.'" (Lowndes).
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