Letter 3
Buc’s Daphnis (1605)
Inscribed copies of this publication cannot be counted as part of Buc’s personal library because in at least two cases he inscribed volumes as a prelude to giving them away to his patrons. The third volume listed includes a textual emendation in Buc’s hand, but not a dedication.
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Huntington Library RB 60505: Dedication inscription in verse to Lord Ellesmere (Kincaid says this is the Folger copy, but it is the Huntington copy; photo in Greg, fig. V)
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British Library G.11553 (Grenville copy): Dedication inscription to Henry Howard, earl of Northampton (photo in Eccles, opp. p. 456); pen corrections: diaeresis, Hertford changed to Hereford, datus to datur, paying special attention to double letters; correction of 1602 to 1605 on engraved genealogical tree.
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British Library C.71.b.18, Sig. A4v: marginal correction: to the word “confesse” Buc adds as an interlineation:
(w{i}t{h} my traduccers)
NB: Bodleian Library Wood 605(3), reproduced in STC mfm Reel 1129, contains no marks; also no engraving.
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