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Anacreon done into English out of the original Greek by Abraham Cowley and S.B. 1683: PB 16-1993

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Anacreon done into English out of the original Greek by Abraham Cowley and S.B. 1683

Maker(s)

Author: Cowley, Abraham
Illustrator: Gooden, Stephen
Bookbinder: Pye, Sybil
Publisher: Nonesuch Press

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Description

Newly embellished with copperplate engravings by Stephen Gooden.

[20], 52, [3] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Title page is facsimile from 1683 edition.
Poems incorrectly attributed to Anacreon.
Preface signed: S.B. [i.e. Francis Willis, Thomas Wood, Abraham Cowley, and John Oldham]. Cf. Halkett & Laing.
"This book is reprinted, with some alterations in the spelling and punctuation, from the edition of 1683.... The edition is limited to 725 copies ..."--P. [3], third grouping.

Bound by Sybil Pye in red niger morocco with inlays of orange and black niger and gold tooled with geometric designs. Monogrammed and dated, "MCM SP XLII".
The book was given by the binder to the donor, Freda Skinner.
Museum has copy no. 276.

Place(s) associated

  • London

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1993) by Skinner, Freda

Dating

1923 - 1942

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 16-1993
Primary reference Number: 222819
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 16 November 2017 Updated: Monday 20 November 2023 Last processed: Monday 20 November 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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