Gynaikeion: or, nine bookes of various history concerninge women; inscribed by ey names of ey nine muses. Written by Thom. Heywoode.

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Book
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Main Collection pre-1900  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
1624 
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Description
(GEN) A1 and possibly A2 are missing. The second leaf after the frontispiece is labelled A3. Engraved title page, of architectural design with the title in a panel in the center of a series of arched panels, each containing a muse. Apollo sits at the head on [A2], text printed within ruled borders, initial and final blanks discarded. First word of title is in Greek characters. Binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, backstrip with raised bands, gilt lettered direct in second compartment, remainder gilt panelled with arabesque corner decorations, central flower tool, and seme dots, roundels, and stars; triple fillet border on sides, double fillet on board edges, wide gilt roll and rules on turn-ins.||(CON) A-Qq6, Rr5, Contents. Engraved frontispiece; [A1-A2 missing]; A3rv Dedication; A4rv To The Reader; A5r-A6v Table; B1r-R1v Text.||(REF) ESTC: 22 copies (11 in UK); Four copies in NUC (Yale, Rutgers, Univ. Michigan, Univ. Microfilms); COPAC: 10 copies.||(BIN) Folio. Early twentieth-century crushed and polished dark green morocco gilt, a.e.g. 
Biblio Notes
1v.  
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