title: The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
variant_description: There are three issues of this collection. STC 22547, dated 1627, lists the collection as printed for the "sixt" time, "W. S." as printer, and Waterson as bookseller. STC 22548, dated 1629, lists the collection as printed for the "seventh" time and advertises the addition of "a sixth booke" by "R. B."; it lists "H. L." and "R. Y." as printers, and Waterson as bookseller. STC 22548a, dated 1629, lists the collection as printed for the "seventh" time and advertises the addition of "a sixth booke" by "R. B."; it lists "H. L." and "R. Y." as printers, and Moore as bookseller. See also STC 
title_page_title: THE COVNTESSE O<small>F</small> P<small>EMBROKES</small> <i>Arcadia</i>. ... <i>with some new Additions</i>. Also a supplement of a defect in <i>the third part of this Historie</i>,
title_page_author: Written by Sir <i>Philip Sidney</i> K<small>NIGHT</small>. ... By Sir W. A<small>LEXANDER</small>.
title_page_imprint: Now the sixt time published, ... L<small>ONDON</small>, Printed by <i>W. S.</i> for <i>Simon Waterson</i>. 1627.
paratext_dedication: Epistle <i>to</i>: Mary (Sidney) Herbert, Countess of Pembroke; <i>from</i>: Philip Sidney [π3r]
stationer_entries_in_register: Aug 23, 1588: Entered to William Ponsonby: "a booke of S<sup>r</sup> Ph<i>il</i>ip Sidneys makinge intitled Arcadia."<br />Sep 3, 1604: Entered to Simon Waterson as a copy of William Ponsonby (decd.): "The Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney."<br />Nov 5, 1605: Entered to Simon Waterson and Matthew Lownes: "the booke called the Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney."<br />Aug 31, 1616: Entered to William Barrett: "aditions to the Arcadia by S<sup>r</sup> Will<i>ia</i>m Alexander knight".<br />Mar 22, 1619: Transferred from William Barrett to Matthew Lownes: "S<sup>r</sup> w<sup>m</sup> Alexanders addico<i>in</i>s to the Arcadia. being fiue shett<i>es</i>."<br />Dec 20, 1619: "It is agreed vpon that the Booke called the Arcadia that is begun to be ymprinted in Ireland shalbe forthw<sup>t</sup>finished and that so many shalbe kept there as shalbe thought fit to serue that kingdom & the Residue brought ou<i>er</i>, & mr waterson and mr math Lownd<i>es</i> to haue them at the Rate that they paid for those they last printed herein England." (Court Book C, fol. 58<sup>b</sup>)<br />Apr 10, 1627: Transferred from Matthew Lownes decd. to Thomas Lownes (4): "Alexanders addico<i>i</i>n to the Arcadia ... His p<i>ar</i>te of the Arcadia of S<sup>r</sup> phi: Sidney."<br />May 30, 1627: Transferred from Thomas Lownes (4) to Humphrey Lownes (1) and Robert Young: "Alexanders addico<i>i</i>n to the Arcadia. ... his parte of the Arcadia by S<sup>r</sup> P<sup>h</sup>. Sidney."<br />Mar 18, 1628: Entered to Thomas Downes and Robert Young: "the sixt booke to the Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia by R. B." (entry cancelled.)<br />Nov 6, 1628: Transferred from Humphrey Lownes (1) to George Cole and George Latham (in full court of 28 June): "Alexanders addicions to the Arcadia, and his parte of the Arcadia by Sir Philip Sydney."<br />Dec 20, 1629: Entered to the partners in the Irish Stock (by order of a court of the Irish partners): "the sixt booke of the Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia, by R. B."<br />Dec 6, 1630: Transferred from George Cole and George Latham to Robert Young (by order of court of 4 Oct.): "Alexanders addicions to the Arcadia, and his part of the Arcadia."<br />Aug 19, 1635: Transferred from Simon Waterson to John Waterson: "his part in Sir Philip Sidneys Arcadia."
stationer_additional_notes: This is the eighth edition of <i>The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia</i>, but only the sixth containing <i>The Entertainment at Wanstead</i> [Greg 152f]. Collation and content based on Bent Juel-Jensen, "Sir Philip Sidney, 1554-1586: A Check-List of Early Editions of His Works," <i>Sir Philip Sidney: An Anthology of Modern Criticism</i>, ed. Dennis Kay (Oxford: Clarendon, 1987), 289-314. The imprint on the title page for the "Sixth Booke ... Written by R. B." lists the year "1628."
transcript_modern_spelling: The countess of pembroke's arcadia written by sir Philip Sidney knight now the sixth time published with some new additions also a supplement of a defect in the third part of this history by sir w. Alexander London printed by w.s. for simon waterson 1627