Two private Peacock Press works Old Mother Hubbard & Francis...

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Two private Peacock Press works Old Mother Hubbard & Francis Drake The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and her Dog, Sarah Catherine Martin; woodcut frontis and vignette woodcut to final page; limited edition of 120 copies printed by W. O. Reynolds at the Peacock Press, Plymstock, Devon and completed on the 28th of December 1951. This is number two. Numbers one to six were printed on Whatman handmade paper. The Use of the Globe: the first voyage of Sir Francis Drake by sea unto the West and East Indies both outward and Homeward; Reynolds, W. O. (Printer); Published by Peacock Press, Plymstock, Devon, 1942; reprinted from a tract of 1594 in the Plymouth Museum; woodcut frontis and capital pieces. End paper reads: 120 copies have been set and printed by W. O. Reynolds at the Peacock Press, Plymstock, Devon and completed on the first day of November, 1942. The text has been taken from a mercator tract printed by John Windet in 1594 being the first published account of a Sir Francis Drake's voyage around the world. This is number 98.