The works of the Honourable Sir Philip Sidney, Kt. : In prose and verse : In three volumes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586.

Language:

English

Penn Provenance:

Elias, Archibald C. (donor)

Gage, Marcus (autograph)

Physical Description:

3 volumes ; 17 cm (12mo)

Edition:

The fifteenth edition.

Fingerprint:

e.e, s.x- m.pi outh (3) 1739 (R) v.1

e,m) a-u- y)ng knBu (3) 1739 (R) v.2

ngse hear ouhy rawi (3) 1739 (R) v.3

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Printed by S. Powell, for T. Moore, at Erasmus's Head in Dame-Street, Bookseller, MDCCXXXIX. [1739]

Contents:

v. 1. The life of Sir Philip Sidney. Testimonies concerning the author. Criticisms on pastoral writing. The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, Book I-II

v. 2. The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia. Book III-IV

v. 3. The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia. Book V. A sixth book to the Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia. Written by R. B. A defense of poesy. Astrophel and Stella. A remedy for love. Sonnets and translations. The lady of May. A masque. Postscript.

Notes:

The three volume titlepages lack the edition statement; the titlepage to vol. 1 reads "Printed in the year" and the titlepages to vols. 2-3 bear the imprint: printed for T. Moore.

Cited in:

ESTC N25973.

OCLC:

228760471