Poly-Olbion
Michael Drayton (1563-1631)
Category
Books
Date
1612
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3048474
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],303,[1] p.,[18] folded plates . maps, port.. . fol... Entered in 1768 catalogue: L.3 (addded in a later hand). Imperfect: the Dunham copy is wanting an initial leaf, possibly the portrait leaf? manuscript inscription on front flyleaf: Resist the comming all for if it once takes place there is no [??] remedie that can the same displase. [17th century hand]. Provenance: Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings impaling Cavendish-Bentinck: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford & 1st earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819).. Binding: Calf; double gilt ruled; spine double gilt ruled; red spine label: 'Poly-olbion'.
Makers and roles
Michael Drayton (1563-1631) William Hole (d.1624) John Selden (1584-1654)