Satirical printing in Stuart Britain.- Elstrack (Renold, attributed to, 1570-1625?) Whilst maskinge in their folleis all doe passe, though all say nay yet all doe ride the asse, broadside poem with 32 lines of verse below large satirical engraving on laid paper without watermark, platemark 300 x 430 mm. (11 3/4 x 17 in), sheet 440 x 560 mm. (17 1/4 x 22 in), central vertical fold, minor handling creases, light spotting and browning, mainly to margins, unframed, published by John Garrett, 1607 but probably printed circa 1680. Literature: Hind I pp. 290-292 ⁂ Scarce. A general satire on human folly. ESTC lists only one other copy, the Huntington Library. Another copy does survive in the British Museum (acc. no. 1855,0114.189), and Anthony Griffiths suggests another is in the Houghton Library, but this may be confused with the Huntington Library copy ('The Print in Stuart Britain', BM 1998, cat.90).
Satirical printing in Stuart Britain.- Elstrack (Renold, attributed to, 1570-1625?) Whilst maskinge in their folleis all doe passe, though all say nay yet all doe ride the asse, broadside poem with 32 lines of verse below large satirical engraving on laid paper without watermark, platemark 300 x 430 mm. (11 3/4 x 17 in), sheet 440 x 560 mm. (17 1/4 x 22 in), central vertical fold, minor handling creases, light spotting and browning, mainly to margins, unframed, published by John Garrett, 1607 but probably printed circa 1680. Literature: Hind I pp. 290-292 ⁂ Scarce. A general satire on human folly. ESTC lists only one other copy, the Huntington Library. Another copy does survive in the British Museum (acc. no. 1855,0114.189), and Anthony Griffiths suggests another is in the Houghton Library, but this may be confused with the Huntington Library copy ('The Print in Stuart Britain', BM 1998, cat.90).
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