The lives of the most famous English poets, or, The honour of Parnassus
Subtitle: in a brief essay of the works and writings of above two hundred of them, from the time of K. William the Conqueror, to the reign of His Present Majesty James II
By: written by William Winstanley, author of the English worthies
Contributors: Hove, Frederick Hendrick van, 1628?-1698, engraver; Clark, Henry, active 1687-1691, printer; Manship, S. (Samuel), bookseller; Smith, John Russell, 1810-1894, former owner; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner
Publisher: Printed by H. Clark, for Samuel Manship at the sign of the Black Bull in Cornhil
Published: 1687
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: English Poets; Early works to 1800; Biography
Other titles: Honour of Parnassus
Notes: With an engraved frontispiece (plate) signed: F.H. Van. Houe. sculp.

Signatures: Áı áþ B-Ṕı (P8=blank?).

Errata on P7 recto.

Boston Public Library. Catalogue of the Barton Collection, Misc., page 615

English short title catalogue, entry R363

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed. 1994), entry W3065

Cataloged 2015 jmoschella

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in navy morocco-grained leather panelled in a border of gilt floral tools. The spine is tooled and stamped in gilt. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedown, as is a dealer's description with an inscription, in the hand of T.P. Barton, identifying it as that of John Russell Smith. In this copy, leaf P8 (blank?) is wanting.