Sidney (Sir Philip) The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia...Now the fourth time published, Imprinted [by George Eld and Humphrey Lownes] for Simon Waterson, 1605.

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Sidney (Sir Philip) The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia...Now the fourth time published, title within ornate woodcut pictorial border depicting the 'quadrivium' and scholars including Ptolemy and Strabo, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking initial blank and dedication f. ([par.]3, supplied in facsimile), some spotting or light staining, mostly lightly browned, later endpapers, contemporary calf, covers with central gilt foliage lozenge, sympathetically rebacked, spine in compartments and titled in gilt, repairs to covers and corners, rubbed and marked, [Pforzheimer 939; STC 22543; ESTC S107481], small folio, Imprinted [by George Eld and Humphrey Lownes] for Simon Waterson, 1605. ⁂ Arcadia was a great influence on Shakespeare, in particular the Gloucester subplot of King Lear.