Gondibert: an heroick poem; written by Sir William D'Avenant.
Sir William D'Avenant (1606-1668)
Category
Books
Date
1651
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3222510
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 64, [4], 243, [7] p. ; 8vo. Running number: 7513. Title page is a cancel? Provenance: manuscript price[?] in pencil on front fly-leaf: "0-9". Manuscript inscriptions in seventeenth-century hands on second front fly-leaf: "John Gratwicke" and "Jo: Kennett" (crossed-out). Errata corrected in manuscript in a contemporary hand. Binding: seventeenth-century full mottled calf; sewn on two tawed leather supports; four raised bands; double blind fillet border and double blind fillet and roll pattern panel with cornerpiece stamps; blind roll pattern along board edges; blind fillet and roll pattern decoration on spine. Red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Sir William D'Avenant (1606-1668) Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) Edmund Waller (1606 - 1687) Abraham Cowley (1618-1667)