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DRAYTON, Michael (1563-1631). Poly-Olbion . London: [by Humphrey Lownes] for M. Lownes, I. Browne, I. Helme, I. Busbie, [1613?]. 2° (288 x 171mm), engraved title by W. Hole, engraved portrait of Prince Henry, 18 double-page engraved maps. With 4-leaf table at end. (Several maps with heavy marginal staining, occasional heavy staining to text margins, without letterpress title.) Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, marbled edges (spine chipped, joints slightly cracked, corners bumped). Provenance : Anthony Berry (early signature) -- Anthony Earl of Kent (bookplate dated 1702) -- Thomas Philip Earl de Grey (bookplate).
DRAYTON, Michael (1563-1631). Poly-Olbion . London: [by Humphrey Lownes] for M. Lownes, I. Browne, I. Helme, I. Busbie, [1613?]. 2° (288 x 171mm), engraved title by W. Hole, engraved portrait of Prince Henry, 18 double-page engraved maps. With 4-leaf table at end. (Several maps with heavy marginal staining, occasional heavy staining to text margins, without letterpress title.) Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, marbled edges (spine chipped, joints slightly cracked, corners bumped). Provenance : Anthony Berry (early signature) -- Anthony Earl of Kent (bookplate dated 1702) -- Thomas Philip Earl de Grey (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, second issue? This copy conforms with the 1612 first issue in not having a letterpress title, and with the second issue in having the portrait and maps in second state -- the portrait with caption, the maps with page numbers -- and also in including the table on a final quire. The maps represent the different regions celebrated in the poem. STC 7227; cf. Pforzheimer 308.