B. L. Fo. (111⁄2 × 71⁄2). E. 2.
Collation: (A)8A-I6K8L-4C6, paged. Epistle dedicatory to Sir Robert Cecil, signed. Table of contents.
Sinker 419 (3). BM 760.
HALL, Joseph.
Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes. First three Bookes, Of Tooth-lesse Satyrs, 1. Poeticall. 2. Academicall. 3. Morall. London Printed by Thomas Creede, for Robert Dexter. 1597.
Collation: A-E8F4, paged. Ornament at head and foot of each page. F 4 blank. Wanting A 1 (? blank). Verses headed 'His Defiance to Envy'. Latin verses 'De suis Satyris'. Three books of satires. Verse 'Conclusion'. Two editions are supposed to have been issued this year.
Sinker 653. BM 1543.
Virgidemiarum. The three last Bookes. Of byting Satyres. Corrected and amended with some Additions, by I. H. Imprinted at London for Robert Dexter, at the signe of the Brasen Serpent in Paules Church yard. 1599.
8o. (5 × 33⁄8). *. 17. 2.
Collation: A2B-H8, paged. Wanting H 6-8 (? blank), H 5 defective. (In Dr Sinker's catalogue last sheet is given as H6, wrongly.) Ornament at head and foot of each page. Verses headed 'The Authors charge to his Satyres'. At the end, 'A Post-script to the Reader' in prose, followed by errata. Each book has a half-title with border. Books iv-vi first appeared in 1598; it is possible that there may have been two editions that year.
Sinker 758. BM 750.
HALLE, Edward.