All the vvorkes of Iohn Taylor the water-poet
Subtitle: Beeing sixty and three in number. Collected into one volume by the author: vvith sundry new additions corrected, reuised, and newly imprinted, 1630
Series: Early English books online
Publisher: Printed by I[ohn] B[eale, Elizabeth Allde, Bernard Alsop, and Thomas Fawcet] for Iames Boler; at the signe of the Marigold in Pauls Churchyard
Published: 1630
Place of publication: At London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
Other titles: All the workes of John Taylor the water-poet.
Work titles: Works
Notes: Partly in verse.

With an additional title page, engraved, signed: T. Cockson sculp.

Beale printed quires A, 2A-2S, and ¹3A-3K; Allde printed B-O; Alsop and Fawcet printed ² 3A-3M (STC).

The first leaf is blank.

"Sir Gregory Nonsence his nevves from no place" (caption title) begins new pagination on 2A2r; "The vvater cormorant" (caption title) begins new pagination on 3A1r.

Not a complete edition of the author's works; a number which had been previously published are omitted.

First edition.

Signatures: A-N⁶ (F₅, N₃, incorrectly signed F₂, N₅, respectively), O², Aa-Qq⁶, Rr⁴, Ss², Aaa-Kkk⁶ (Eee₂, Ggg₂₋₃ incorrectly signed E₂, B₂, G₃, respectively), Aaa-Lll⁶ (Aaa₂, Ggg₃ incorrectly signed Aaa₃, Fff₃, respectively), Mmm⁸.

Pages 85, 141, 1st group of paging, p. 29, 63-66, 83, 121, 124-125, 164, 2d group, p. 289, 295-296, 310, 3d group, p. 4, 9, 48, 67-69, 75, 112-113, 128, 135-136, 4th group, incorrectly numbered 87, 139, 26, 59-62, 81, 111, 114-115, 155, 298, 294-295, 300, 9, 4, 56, 65-66, 68, 81, 124-125, 127, 125, 129, respectively; no. 92-93, 2d group, no. 13-14, 4th group, repeated in the paging.

In double columns. Head and tail pieces; initials.

Commendatory poems by Thomas Brewer, William Branthwaite, Thomas Dekker and others.

Cf. Clark, W.A. Early Eng. lit. 1920-25. v. 1, p. 128-130; Pforzheimer, C.H. ... English literature, 1475-1700. New York, 1940. v. 3, p. 1043-1044.

STC (2nd ed.) 23725.

Mounted inside front cover is a trimmed copy of David Garrick's bookplate, & at foot of spine is stamped a gold eagle & the monogram "DG".

Leaf of MS notes by Sir Mark Masterman Sykes bound in at front.

From the library of George Daniel; bookplate of Clarence S. Bement.

This copy agrees with the 1st copy described above, except that [2d]Hhh2 is missigned Hh2.

Imperfect: added engr. t.-p. wanting.

In this copy, [2d]Ggg3 is missigned Fff3 & has incorrect readings "t[inverted h]oa" & "cm" in lines 2 & 42 of the 2d column; p.75 (3d count) is misnumbered 81, & [2d]Hhh2 is missigned Hh2.

In this copy, [2nd]Ggg3 is correctly signed but has the incorrect readings "t[inverted h]oa" & "cm" in lines 2 & 42 of the 2nd column; p.75 (3rd count) is misnumbered 81, & [2nd]Hhh2 is correctly signed.

Engraved port. of Taylor inserted as frontispiece.

In this copy, [2d] Ggg³ is correctly signed & has correct readings "thou" & "am" in lines 2 & 42 of the 2d column; p.75 (3d count) is correctly numbered, & [2d]Hhh2 is correctly signed.

Full blind-tooled Russia, with the crest of Sir Mark Masterman Sykes stamped in gilt on front and back covers, edges gilt; in cloth wrapper, in full tan morocco case.