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The essayes of a prentise, in the diuine art of poesie.
LIBRA STC 14373
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Van Pelt - Microtext STC I Reel 346:10.
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- Format:
- Microformat
- Author/Creator:
- James I, King of England, 1566-1625.
- Series:
- Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 346:10.
- Language:
- Scots
- Physical Description:
- 128 unnumbered pages
- 35 mm
- monochrome
- service copy
- positive
- Other Title:
- Essayes of a prentise, in the divine art of poesie
- Vranie translated.
- Ane metaphoricall inuention of a tragedie called Phoenix.
- Paraphrasticall translation out of the poete Lucane.
- Ane schort treatise.
- CIIII. Psalme.
- Essayes of a prentise, in the divine art of poesie.
- Uranie translated.
- Ane metaphoricall invention of a tragedie called Phoenix.
- Place of Publication:
- Imprinted at Edinbrugh : By Thomas Vautroullier, 1584.
- Notes:
- By James I, whose name (Jacobus Sextus) is given in an acrostic on A1r.
- In verse, mostly in Scots dialect.
- At foot of title: Cum priuilegio regali.
- Signatures: *4 A-P4.
- "The Vranie translated", "Ane metaphoricall inuention of a tragedie called Phoenix", "A paraphrasticall translation out of the poete Lucane", "Ane schort treatise", "The CIIII. Psalme" each has divisional title page; register is continuous.
- "The Uranie" is a translation of "L'Uranie ou Muse celeste" by Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, with French and English on facing pages.
- A variant of the edition dated 1585.
- Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
- Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1948. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640; 346:10). s1948 miun a
- Cited in:
- STC (2nd ed.) 14373.
- OCLC:
- 55190168
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