{"id":"01KG8B0T079FF08QGYJ8RNJ3W8","cid":"bafkreibxikdq6b65ifalicazglj25bcezktrp6rriluuf3bc2ilnjw5fje","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreidljpm5ocmrzxudjie3wzawvj63jrr6ldph7jjamozx4gkiokd6j4","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"02_venus_and_adonis_1905_facsimile_page_0047.jpg","height":2400,"key":"pdf-page-1769806521477-qnh856jivip","label":"02_venus_and_adonis_1905_facsimile_page_0047.jpg","page_number":47,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":631105,"text":"ionts.\nVENUS\nAND\nADONIS\n41\ndiscourse\nof\nSir\nFrancis\nDrakes\nWest\nIndian\nVoyage\n(of\nif8y-(J),\nwith\nfive\nmaps\nof\nvery\nhigh\ninterest.' At\nthe\nsame\ntime\nhe\nacquired\nVautrollier's interest\nin\nmany\ninteresting under-\ntakings, chief\nof\nwhich\nwas\nNorth's\ntranslation of\nPlutarch\n;\nno\nless\nthan\nthree editions\nof that\nwork\nwere\nprinted\nby\nField.''\nEach\nsucceeding\nyear\nField's\nbusiness\ncareer was\ndistinguished\nby\nsome\nnew\nventure of\nimportance.\nIn\ni\nf\n9\n1\nhe\nproduced\nthe\nfirst\nedition of\nSir\nJohn\nHarington's\ntranslation\nof\nAriosto's Orlando\nFurioso^\na\nhandsome volume\nliberallyillustrated\nwith\ncopper\nplates,\nof\nwhich\na\nsecond\nedition\ncame\nfrom\nField's\npress\nin\n1607.\nOn\nFebruary\n7,\n1J92,\na\nyoung\nbrother,\nJasper,\ncame\nfrom\nStratford\nto\nserve\nhim\nas\napprentice.\nField\nwas\nthus\nbuilding up\na highly valuable\nand\ndig-\nThe\ncopy-\nnified\nconnexion when\nin\nthe\nearly spring of\n15-93\nhe under-\n'l^^lf^„i\ntook\nthe printing\nof Shakespeare's Fenus and\nJdonis,\nThe\n^'^^\nearly association\nof\nthe\ntwo\nmen\ndoubtless\nled\nShakespeare\nto\nentrust to\nField\nthe\nearliest\nwork\nthat\nhe\nsent to\npress.\nBut\ndespite\nthe\npersonal\nrelation\nbetween\nauthor and\nprinter,\nthere\nis\nnothing\nto\nshow\nthat\nShakespeare took a\nlarger\ncontrol of the\npublication than\nwas\ncustomary\nwith contem-\nporary authors.\nIt is\nclear\nthat\nShakespeare\nmade\nover\nto\nField\nall\nrights\nin\nthe\nvolume,\nfor\nwhat\nconsideration\nis\nnot\n^ Field\nprinted\ntwo\neditions of\nthis\nvaluable\nvolume\nin this\nsame\nyear\n(^T^p)?\nthey are\ndistinguished from one another by\nthe presence\non\nthe\nlast\npage\nof\na\nline of\nerrata\nwhich\nis\npresent\nin\none and absent from\nthe\nother.\nInboth editions\nis\nthis\nnote\nfrom\nField's\npen,\n'The\nreader\nmust understand,\nthat\nthis\nDiscourse was dedicated,\nand intended\nto\nhave bene\nimprinted\nsomewhat\nbefore the\ncomming\nof\nthe\nSpanish\nFJeete\nupon\nour\ncoast of\nEngland\n: but\nby\ncasualtie the\nsame was\nforgotten and\nslacked\nfor\na\ntime\nof\nsome\nbetter leasure.'\nA\nthird edition of\nthe\nbook of\nthe\nsame\nyear\nfrom\nentirely different\ntype wasissued\nsubsequently by another\nprinter,\n<\nRoger Ward,\ndwelling\nupon\nLambard\nHill, neere olde Fish-Streete.'\n^ In 1579\nVautrollier had published\nthe\nfirst\nedition\nof\nNorth's translation\nin partnership with J.\nWright. The\nfirst\nedition\nwhich\nField printed was\npublished jointly\nby him and\nBonham Norton\nin 1595-.\nField reprinted\nit\nwith additions in 1^03,\nwhen\nhe\nand Thomas Wight\npublished it. In idizField reprinted\nthe\nbook and published\nit\nby\nhimself.","text_extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:55:21.477Z","text_extracted_by":"pdf-processor","text_has_content":true,"text_source":"born_digital","uploaded":true,"width":1632},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG89K4X0DM39SSQK43XXG34R","predicate":"derived_from"},{"peer":"01KG89JREDR8WY5QQGYR5FZRDY","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:55:22.375Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:55:25.059Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFFH6ETXGRVD10WPNP3007D6"}}