Q. Horatius Flaccus his Art of poetry
By: englished by Ben. Jonson ; with other workes of the author, never printed before
Contributors: Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637; Marshall, William, active 1617-1650, engraver; Okes, John, active 1627-1644, printer; Benson, John, -1667, bookseller; Crooke, Andrew, -1674, bookseller; Wright, James, former owner
Publisher: Printed by J. Okes, for John Benson [and Andrew Crooke]
Published: 1640
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 138
Other titles: Ben: Ionson's execration against Vulcan.; Masque of the gypsies.; Epigrams to severall noble personages in this kingdome.
Work titles: Ars poetica
Notes: A. Crooke's name supplied from Pforzheimer Catalogue, no. 548.

Includes prefatory verse by Sir Edward Herber & Barten Holyday.

With an additional title page, engraved, signed "W.M. sculpsit" (i.e. William Marshall), with imprint "London. Printed for John Benson. 1640". Variant 1: this imprint reads "London. Printed for J. Benson and are sold by W. Ley at Paules-Chayne. 1640."

"Ben: Ionson's execration against Vulcan", "The masque of the gypsies", and "Epigrams to severall noble personages in this kingdome" each have special dated title pages.

The first leaf and the last leaf are blank; the second leaf is blank but signed and bears an imprimatur on the verso (M. Clay and dated Febr. 21, 1639 [1640?]).

Signatures: A-C℗£℗ø D℗£℗ø(D5-(D6-10)+d℗£℗ø) E℗£℗ø(E4( -E5-11)+e℗£℗ø) F-G℗£℗ø (A1 and G12 blank).

D6-10 and E5-11 are cancelled by gatherings d℗£℗ø and e℗£℗ø respectively. Variant 2: cancellanda present.

Title page within woodcut border; woodcut initials and head-pieces.

Parts of this were formerly also STC 14777a and STC 14765.

English short title catalogue, S104224

Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 548

A translation into English of Horace's "Ars poetica."

Cataloged 20170222 jmoschella

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in early sheepskin panelled in blind, rebacked in modern brown goatskin. A 20th-century typescript dealer's description is tipped on to the front pastedown. The front and rear endpapers are of printed waste from ESTC S116952 (printed in 1611 by William Stansby for Walter Burre). The second leaf of waste at front is signed "James Wright" and dated 1659. A1 recto (blank) is signed, "James Wright his booke 1659 Ex libris Jacobi Wright". Early marginalia and annotations are present throughout. An early inscription on G12 recto reads, "Randolph, page 64 of his poems hath answered this authors ode to himself p. 135."