Du Bartas his diuine weekes, and workes with a compleate collectio[n] of all the other most delight-full workes translated and written by yt famous philomusus, Iosuah Syluester Gent:
Du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste,seigneur,1544-1590.
Pibrac, Guy du Faur,seigneur de,1529-1584.
La Noue, Odet de,seigneur de Téligny,-1618.
Hudson, Thomas,active 16th/17th century,trans.
Elstracke, Renold,active 1590-1630,engraver.
Sylvester, Josuah,1563-1618.Works.
Fracastoro, Girolamo,1478-1553.
Smith, Henry,1550?-1591.
Goodwin, George,active 1607-1620.
Matthieu, Pierre,1563-1621.
London : Printed by Humphray Lownes,
[1621]
In verse.
The title page is engraved and signed: R: Elstracke sculpsit.
Includes translations by Sylvester of works by Henry Smith; Guy du Faur, seigneur de Pibrac; Odet de La Noue, seigneur de Téligny; Girolamo Fracastoro; George Goodwin; and Pierre Matthieu. Also contains most of Sylvester's original works.
Publication date from colophon.
The first leaf is blank.
"The history of Iudith .. Englished by Tho. Hudson" has separate title page dated 1620. There are also numerous divisional titles; pagination and register are continuous throughout.
The folded leaf, bearing verses and woodcuts, has title "The mysterie of mysteries". In this setting the middle column line 1 has "coeternall".
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