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[DANIEL PRESS]. JONES, Robert (c. 1577?1617). The Muses Gar...

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[DANIEL PRESS]. JONES, Robert (c. 1577?1617). The Muses Gardin for Delights. Edited and with an introduction by William Barclay Squire. Oxford: Daniel Press, 1901. Small 4to. Title?page facsimile of the 1610 edition. Original limp vellum lettered in gilt by Mrs. Daniel, leather thongs, leather ties (lacking upper). Provenance: Sybil and Arthur Cofax (bookplates). LIMITED EDITION, number 84 of 130 copies printed on Van Gelder?s hand?made paper and ONE OF ONLY FEW COPIES BOUND BY MRS. DANIEL IN VELLUM. A scarce reprint of a unique copy of the 1610 edition (the only known one) of Jones?s Muses Gardin in Lord Ellesmere?s library at Bridgewater House in London. Madan 50.