The Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania

Alternate Title:

Urania

Contributor:

Pass, Simon van de, 1595?-1647 (engraver); Marriott, John, active 1616-1657 (printer); Grismand, John, active 1618-1638 (printer)

Name:

Wroth, Mary, Lady, approximately 1586-approximately 1640

Date:

1621

Language:

English

Provenance:

Wroth, Mary, Lady, ca. 1586-ca. 1640 (ex libris); McDonald, Hugh (autograph, Dublin, 12 May 1784); Hall, Fitzedward, 1825-1901 (ex libris); Kohler, Charlotte (autograph, 11 Aug. 1994); Roberts, Josephine A. (inscription, 11 Aug. 1994); Gaines, James F. (donor)

Publisher:

Printed for Ioh[n] Marriott and Iohn Grismand, and are to be sould at theire shoppes ..

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Fiction; books

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, 558, that is, 548, 48 pages; 29 cm (folio)

Related Place:

England -- London.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Signatures: [A]1 B-3Y⁴ 3Z⁶ 4A-4F⁴.; Page numbers 279-288 omitted in sequence.; Engraved t.p., signed "Sime [?] Passæus sculp:", and dated 1621 at lower right.; "Pamphilia to Amphilanthus"--p. 1-48 at end.; "While the orn[ament]. on Oo1r belonged to F. Kingston, the woodcut init[ial]. letters are not his and prob[ably]. belonged to A. Mathewes at this time"--STC.; Library's copy originally belonged to the author, Lady Mary Wroth, and contains her ms. annotations and corrections to the text.; Provenance: Given to the University of Pennsylvania Libraries by Dr. James F. Gaines in 2003 in honor of his wife, Wroth scholar Dr. Josephine A. Roberts. With the autograph and initials of Hugh McDonald (Dublin, 12 May 1784) at end and on t.p.; the label of Fitzedward Hall (1825-1901) on inside front cover; and, a signed presentation inscription (11 Aug. 1994) from Charlotte Kohler to Josephine Roberts on front free endpaper.; Engraved title leaf detached and mounted on blank leaf; margins of leaves B1, B2, and K3 mended with blank paper; occasional light worming in margins.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, Folio PR2399.W7 C68 1621

Collection:

STC Collection (University of Pennsylvania)