THE SHEPHERD'S CALENDAR, CONTAINING TWELVE AEGLOGUES, PROPORTIONABLE TO THE TWELVE MONTHS. Entituled to the Noble and Virtuous Gentleman, most Worthy of all Titles, both of Learning and Chivalrie, Master Philip Sidney. Published by John Ball.

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xviii, 254 pages of text including an index. Full leather binding; rebacked. Original boards are somewhat rubbed and worn, but remain attractive. Illustrated by a frontisportrait of Spenser and twelve engraved plates by Fourdrinier. The plate for February is repeated, and is in the place of January, which is not present. The text is in English, faced by Latin, by Theodoro Bathurst. Previous owner's bookplate and notations on endpapers Sherlock Willis with dates 1746 and 1756. Also Sherlock V. Willis 1877. Willis was Rector of Wormley. The 18th Century engraved bookplate with coat of arms states "The Ungodly Borroweth & Payeth Not Again." Size: Octavo (8vo). N° de ref. del artículo 012598

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