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- # EIGHTH EDITION, 1620.
## Overview - What this is (type, form, dates, scope)
This is a section titled "EIGHTH EDITION, 1620." extracted from a text file and included in the [Venus and Adonis, Lucrece, Sonnets, and Pericles (Facsimile Editions)](arke:01KG6S3KNZT62WVVW4VT384KPF) poetry collection. It identifies a copy of the eighth edition of *Venus and Adonis* from 1620, held at Trinity College, Cambridge.
## Context - Background and provenance from related entities
This section is part of a larger work that discusses various editions of Shakespeare's *Venus and Adonis*. The text file [pdf-01KG6Q7Q25RHMFT3SJXPV18VFF.txt](arke:01KG6S2X2EBB305ENM00G16GWA) was added to the [PDF Workflow Main Test 2026-01-30T00:26:53](arke:01KG6NWQ2H2K4PGG7H4ZHYCZ3Y) collection. The previous section [SEVENTH EDITION, 1617.](arke:01KG6S4DDRMZFAYX7Q7FX012ZZ) discusses a unique copy of the 1617 edition held at the Bodleian Library and provides context for the eighth edition. The subsequent section [NINTH EDITION, Edinburgh, 1627.](arke:01KG6S4DDWBHXFTQZN5D7HWWJQ) introduces the ninth edition, printed in Edinburgh.
## Contents - What it contains, key subjects and details
This section specifically references the "Capell copy" of the eighth edition from 1620, noting that it is held at Trinity College, Cambridge. It mentions that this copy is bound with *The Passionate Pilgrim* of 1599 and once belonged to "Honest Tom Martin" (1697–1771), a historian of Thetford. The section also notes a handwritten note indicating the copy was "Not quite perfect" and acquired for "3 Halfpence." The measurements of the copy are given as 4 3/4'' x 3 3/4''. It is described as a small octavo, faithfully reproducing the 1617 edition.
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- EIGHTH EDITION, 1620.
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- EIGHTH EDITION, 1620. No. XIII. Capell copy, 1620.
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- EIGHTH EDITION, 1620.