Venus and Adonis.
Vilia miretur vulgus, mihi flauus Apollo
Pocula Castalia plena ministret aqua.
_London, Printed for I. P._ 1620.
8^o. (4-1/2 × 3-1/4). *. 22. 2.
Collation: A-C^8D^4, unpaged. Wanting D 4 (? blank), sig. C 7
slightly defective. Epistle dedicatory to Henry Wriothesley, Earl
of Southampton, signed, William Shakespeare. The only other copy of
this edition which has been traced was purchased for the Bodleian,
but cannot now be found. The ninth edition, the first having
appeared in 1593. At the end of this volume, which also contains
the 'Passionate Pilgrim' of 1599 is a note in an old handwriting
'Not quite perfect, see 4 or 5 Leaves back; so it cost me but 3
Half-pence.'