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The historie of Ireland, collected by three learned authors, viz., Meredith Hanmer ... Edmund Campion ... and Edmund Spenser ..., 1633, DA905 .W262

Title: The historie of Ireland, collected by three learned authors, viz., Meredith Hanmer ... Edmund Campion ... and Edmund Spenser ...
Repository: Library of Congress
Shelfmark: DA905 .W262
Published by: the Societie of Stationers
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Published Location: Dublin
Published date: 1633
Copynotes: Henry of Marlborough’s "Chronicle of Ireland" is appended to that of Hanmer. Published by Sir James Ware. Cf. Johnson, F. A critical bibliography of the works of Edmund Spenser, p. 48-53. LC copy imperfect: wanting special t.p.’s and prefaces to all the histories, also Dedication (of Campion’s history) to Wentworth. LC copy has inscription on t.p.: Iohn Morris. Stamped on t.p. verso: "Museum Britanicum"; "Duplicate B.M. 1818."
Editionnotes: "Harper pr[inted]. the Hanmer section"--STC. "The chronicle of Ireland: collected by Meredith Hanmer .. The second part" (caption title) begins new pagination on 2A1r. Leaf 2T4 is blank. "A vievv of the state of Ireland .. by Edmund Spenser .. VVhereunto is added the history of Ireland, by Edmund Campion .. Published by Sir Iames Ware Knight" has separate dated title page, pagination, and register. "Certaine verses of Mr Edm. Spenser’s", [4] leaves at end. A reissue, with cancel title page, of: Two histories of Ireland. Variant: Hanmer’s chronicle bound first, with a cancel dedication by M. Manwaring replacing that of James Ware. Signatures: [par.]⁶(±[par.]1) A-L⁶ M⁴ 2A-2S⁶ 2T⁴, ²[par.]⁴ ²A-K⁶ ²k⁴ ²L⁴.
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