Cupids whirligig : as it hath bene sundrie times acted by the children of His Maiesties reuels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharpham, Edward, 1576-1608.

Contributor:

Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.

Harper, Thomas, -1656, printer.

Meighan, Richard, bookseller.

STC Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Penn Provenance:

Bools, William Edward (bookplate) (RBC copy)

Burnham, Mr. (donor) (RBC copy)

Castner, Mr. (donor) (RBC copy)

Clark, Mr. (donor) (RBC copy)

Dale, Mr. (donor) (RBC copy)

Dickson, Mr. (donor) (RBC copy)

Harrison, Mr. (donor) (RBC copy)

Harvey, Mr. (donor) (RBC copy)

Lea, Mr. (donor) (RBC copy)

Lippincott, Bertram, 1897- (donor) (RBC copy)

Milne, Mr. (donor) (RBC copy)

Rosengarten, J. G. (Joseph George), 1835-1921 (donor) (RBC copy)

Sellers, Mr. (donor) (RBC copy)

Shipley, Mr. (donor) (RBC copy)

Hoe, Robert (bookplate) (Furness copy)

Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 (honoree) (Furness copy)

Furness, Horace Howard, Jr. (donor) (Furness copy)

Furness, Louise Brooks Winsor (donor) (Furness copy)

Physical Description:

80 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm (4to)

Other Title:

Cvpids vvhirligig

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by T.H. for R. Meighen ..., 1630.

Notes:

Published anonymously by Edward Sharpham. Cf. ESTC.

T.H. is Thomas Harper. Cf. ESTC.

Signatures: A-K⁴.

Woodcuts: title vignette (McKerrow no. 227), head-pieces and tail-piece.

In this edition the dedication signed with the author's initials is omitted.

The plot is taken from The Decameron, day 7, novel 6.

Identified as Early English books, 1475-1640; 1362:28 on UMI microfilm.

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries RBC copy bound in full calf; covers stamped in gold with the armorial bearings of an unidentified duke; one black morocco spine panel with date of publication, title and presumed author's name stamped in gold; gold-stamped cover edges and blind-stamped turn-ins; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt; green silk marker.

Penn Libraries RBC copy has ms. note "By S. Machin" on title leaf; many leaves closely cropped at top margin with occasional damage to or loss of running title; leaves A4, B1, B2 and B3 repaired at top outer corner.

Penn Libraries Furness copy bound in full red morocco with gold-ruled covers; five raised, gold-stamped bands on spine; gold-stamped spine panels; title, place and date of publication stamped in gold on spine; gold-stamped cover edges and turn-ins; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt.

Cited in:

STC (2nd ed.) 22383

ESTC S117255

Related Work:

Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Decamerone.

OCLC:

58920370