1655 ARCADIA Countess of Pembroke Philip Sidney English Scandal King James I

1655 ARCADIA Countess of Pembroke Philip Sidney English Scandal King James I

“Who shoots at the mid-day sun, though he be sure he shall never hit the mark, yet as sure he is, he shall shoot higher than who aims but at a bush.”

– Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia

Philip Sidney’s “Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia” was a 16^th-century prose that entertained audiences with sex, political scandal, violence, mobs, cross-dressing, and drug-induced sleep! This fascinating work influenced William Shakespeare in his most famous of works, including ‘Hamlet’, ‘King Lear’, and ‘Winter’s Tale’.

This rare edition includes “A Sixt Book to the Countess”, which includes a special title page.

Item number: #25791

Price: $1250

SIDNEY, Philip

The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia written by Sr Philip Sidney knight. The tenth edition. With his life and death; a brief table of the principal heads, and som [sic] other new additions.

London : printed by William Du-Gard: and are to bee sold by George Calvert, 1655.

Details:

• Collation: Complete
  • [32], 624, [22]
• References: Wing S 3768
• Provenance:
  • Armorial bookplate – John Symmons Esq^r.
  • Bookplate – Hubert Dingwall
  • Handwritten – Clapton Rosomon
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~11.25in X 7.75in (28.5cm x 20cm)
• Rare and desirable

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