{"id":"01KG8B0T1KMCPYKCZ18HJRK9AS","cid":"bafkreidyecl6q3jfyllkzdwmvk2cwnyri5756p3tekmij5mv6a7n53i4lm","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreicpnupnepumkp2h6lxsyldj5sl3mlipo2r3xzgagrdcqc6qvzqrwi","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"02_venus_and_adonis_1905_facsimile_page_0049.jpg","height":2400,"key":"pdf-page-1769806521478-65vklomh7sy","label":"02_venus_and_adonis_1905_facsimile_page_0049.jpg","page_number":49,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":587230,"text":"VENUS\nAND\nADONIS\n43\nField.\nHe\nhad\nbeen\nin\ncontinuous occupation\nof the\nshop\nknown\nas\nthe\nWhite\nGreyhound\nin\nSt.\nPaul's\nChurchyard\nsince\nIff\n9.\nField\nwas\nalready\nin close\nbusiness\nrelations\nwith\nhim\nwhen\nhe\nacquired\nthe\ncopyright\nof\nVenus\nand\nJdonis,^\nIt\nwas\nin\nconformity\nwith\na\nrecognized\npractice\nthat the\nimprint\non\nthe title-page\nof the\nfirst\nedition\nran\n:\n—\n<\nImprinted by\nRichard\nField\nand\nare to\nbe\nsold\nat\nthe\nsigne\nof the\nWhite\nGreyhound\nin Paules\nChurchyard.' Next\nyear\na\nsecond\nedition\ncame\nout\nin\nprecisely the\nsame\nconditions\nfrom\nField's\npress.\nThe\nunaltered\ntitle-page\nannounced\nthat copies\nwere\nto\nbe\nsold\nat\nHarrison's shop.\nThe\ncopyright\nof Fenus\nand Jdonis,\nof\nwhich\nField\nwas\nThe\nfirst\nthe\nfirst\nowner, has\na\nsomewhat\ncomplicated\nhistory.\nThe\n[he\"co'-^\ndetails\nillustrate the\nconfused\nmethods\nof\nElizabethan\n\"g^f-\npublishing.\nShakespeare\nmay\nbe\nabsolved\nfrom\nresponsi-\nbility for\nthe\ninvolutions\nof\nthe\nstory. A\nnew\nchapter\nopens\nafter\nthe\nappearance of the\nsecond\nedition early\nin\n1^94.\nA\n£qw\nmonths\nlater,\non\nJune\n27 of\nthat year,\nField\nJohn\nHarri-\nfound\nit\nconvenient\nto\nmake\nover the\ncopyright\nin the\npoem oTne'rw\nto\nthe\npublisher\nHarrison.\nThe\ntransfer\nis\nthus\nrecorded\nin\nm, 1/94-\nthe Stationers'\nCompany's\nRegister\n^\n—\n{\"9^^^'\n[if 94] 2f lunij\nAssigned\nover\nunto\nhim\n[i.e.\nMaster Harrison,\nSenior]\nfrom Richard\nField\nin\nopen Court holden\nthis\nDay\na\nbook\ncalled\nVenus and Adonis\nvj**.\nThe\nwhich was before entred to Richard Field\n18\nAprilis\nIf\n93.\nWith\nthis act\nof self-abnegation on\nField's\npart another\nhas\nto be\nassociated.\nIn\nthis\nsame\nmonth\nof June, Shakespeare' Field\nhad been\nemployed\nby Harrison\nto print in\n15-90\nan elaborate\ntreatise\non mechanical inventions by Cyprian Lucar, and in 1^91 had\nat\nHarrison's expense produced\ntwo\nworks by foreign authors\n:\n—\nSimon Vcrepaeus's\nDe\nepistoits\nLatine conscribendh^\nand an English translation\nof\nVasco Figueiro's\nThe Spaniards Monarchic and\nLeagt^ers Olygarchle,\n' Arber's\nTranscript ^\nii.\nd'yy. F 2","text_extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:55:21.478Z","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":"2026-01-30T20:55:22.419Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:55:24.873Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFFH6ETXGRVD10WPNP3007D6"}}