The purple island, or the isle of man: together with Piscatorie eclogs and other poeticall miscellanies / By P.F.

  • Fletcher, Phineas, 1582-1650.
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1633
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The purple island, or the isle of man: together with Piscatorie eclogs and other poeticall miscellanies / By P.F. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Cambridge] : Printed by the printers to the Universitie of Cambridge, 1633.

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181 pages, 1 leaf, 130 (i.e.126), 2 unnumbered pages : t.page in red & black with woodcut border ; (4to)

References note

STC 11082
Bowers, F. Principles of bibligraphical description, p. 223
ESTC S102332
Pforzheimer, 376
STC (2nd ed.), 11082

Notes

Title in red and black with printer's device, within narrow border (verso blank); head and tail pieces
"The Piscatorie eclogs" and "Elisa" have special title pages
An elaborate allegorical poem describing the human body with anatomical notes in the margin
With signatures

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Dedication -- To the Readers (signed Daniel Featly) -- Commendatory verses. Latin and English -- The Purple island -- Piscatorie eclogs and other Poeticall miscellanies -- Elisa, or An Elegie upon the unripe decease of S. Antoni Irby -- To my deare friend, the Spencer of this age [poem by Francis Quarles)

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