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- 6z VENUS AND ADONIS
Fourth
Edition,
1599-
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lumber-room. All were in good condition in contemporary-
vellum binding, and in many cases the leaves were uncut.
But the most interesting feature of this treasure-trove was
the vellum-bound volume in perfect condition which sheltered
within its covers Leake's edition of Fenus and Adonis dated
15-99, a copy of
^he Passionate Pil-
grim published in
the same year, and
a copy of Epi-
grammes and Elegies
by I. D. and C. M.
At Middlehorough.
(The last pamphlet
consisted of epi-
grams bySir John
Davies, and cer-
tain ofOvid's Ele-
gies translated by
Christopher Mar-
lowe,and was issued
in London — not,
as stated,at Middle-
borough — in all
probability in
15-98.) This rare
volume of tripli-
cate interest was
sold in the summer
of 1895-, by Sir
Charles I sham, to
Mr. Christie Miller of Britwell Court, Maidenhead, together
with much else that was valuable in the Lamport treasure-
trove. The 15-99 edition oi Venus and Adonis^ which is now
at Britwell, measures \\" x 3 f" ; the signatures run as before
in eights from A to D iij ; and it consists of twenty-seven
leaves. The text follows that of i5-9<^, but there are some
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