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Palmerin of England. The First [-Second, & Third] Part[s] of the No Lesse Rare, then Excellent and Stately Historie, of the Famous and Fortunate Prince Palmerin of England. Parts I & II: London: Printed by Thomas Creeke & Bernard Alsop, 1616; Part III: London: Printed by I.R. for William Leake, 1602.
Thick quarto, three parts in one volume; fourth edition of the first and second parts bound with the first edition of the third part bound in full contemporary speckled and ruled English calf, rebacked with original spine covering replaced, corners repaired; in part I leaves O6 & O7 bound in reverse order in final signature between Ee1 (the last printed leaf) & Ee2 (the terminal blank in the first part); part II: marginal tears to Qq3 & Qq4 with loss of several words on the last three lines of Qq4, small hole in Y1 with loss of several letters; part III: clean repaired tears in A4, H1, & Mm2 without loss; the first two parts with page numbers added in ink, index annotated with reference to these numbers; the Pirie copy, with bookplate; 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.
This anonymously penned sequel to Palmerin d'Oliva has been attributed to the onetime Portuguese ambassador to France, Francisco de Moraes. It is considered by scholars an important source for Elizabethan dramatists. Rare at auction and in institutional holdings, ESTC cites three American with copies for this edition of the first two parts, and four U.S. libraries with copies of this edition of the third part.
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