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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656 (Author)
Other Authors: Gentili, Alberico, 1552-1608 (attributed author.), Antonius, Wilhelm, -1611 (Printer)
Format: Book
Language:Latin
Published: [Hanau] : Hannoviae : Sumptibus haeredum Ascanij de Renialme ; per Gulielmum Antoniu[m], a⁰ 1607.
Subjects:
Dystopias > Early works to 1800.
Utopias > Early works to 1800.
Satire, English > 17th century.
Voyages, Imaginary > 17th century.
Dystopias.
Utopias.
Utopian fiction.
Imaginary voyages > 17th century.
Description
Item Description:Mercurius Britannicus = Joseph Hall. Sometimes attributed to Alberico Gentili.
Preface signed: Gvilielmvs Knight.
This edition has catchwords on versos only; maps have no page numbers. Similar English edition has catchwords on verso and recto. Some mixed editions exist.
Pages 65-80 wrongly numbered 66-81.
Engraved title page, with a fine border with figure of Mercury above and a cartographer and a voyager at sides below, floriated woodcut initials and headpieces, grotesque woodcut tailpieces
Signatures: [symbol], A-O.
With marginalia.
Includes index.
he Cushing Library/Science FIction and Fantasy Collection copy was purchased by the Cushing Library.
Physical Description:16 unnumbered pages, 224 pages, 5 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 16 cm (octavo)
Place of Publication:Germany -- Hanau.