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The results of this study are summarized in the following revised listing of the various editions, states of editions, and variant title-page imprints of the romance Parthenissa.

  • Parthenissa: (Part One, Books 1-8; Part Two, Books 1-8) Quarto [Printed by Peter de Pienne, Waterford] 'Printed in the yeare 1651.' [First issue of first edition] Location: University of Texas Library.
  • Parthenissa: (Part One, Books 1-6) Quarto For Richard Lownes, London, 1654. [Second edition] Locations: British Museum; Huntington.
  • Parthenissa: 'In Four Parts The First Part' (Part One, Books 1-4) Quarto [Printed by Peter de Pienne, Waterford] For Henry Herringman, London, 1655. [Second issue of first edition] Locations: Bodleian, British Museum, University Library Cambridge, Dulwich College; Huntington, Library Company of Philadelphia, Yale.

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    Variant title-page imprint: For Humphrey Moseley, London, 1655. Location: Huntington.
  • Parthenissa: 'In Four Parts The Second Part' (Part One, Books 5-8) Quarto [Printed by Peter de Pienne, Waterford] For Henry Herringman, London, 1655. [Second issue of first edition] Locations: Same as for 'The First Part,' except for Dulwich. Variant title-page imprint: For Humphrey Moseley, London, 1655. Location: Huntington.
  • Parthenissa: 'In Four Parts The Third Part' (Part Two, Books, 1-4) Quarto [Printed by Peter de Pienne, Waterford] For Henry Herringman . . . at the Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange, 1655. [Second issue of first edition] Locations: Bodleian, British Museum, University Library Cambridge; Huntington, Smith College Library. Variant title-page imprints: (*) For Humphrey Moseley . . . at his Shop at the sign of the Prince's Arms in St. Pauls Churchyard, 1655. (†) 'For Henry Herringman . . . at his Shop at the sign of the Prince's Arms in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1655.' Locations: (*) Huntington; (†) Yale.
  • Parthenissa: 'In Four Parts The Fourth Part' (Part Two, Books 5-8) Quarto [Printed by Peter de Pienne, Waterford] For Henry Herringman, 1655. [Second issue of first edition] Locations: Bodleian, British Museum, University Library Cambridge; Huntington, Smith College Library, Yale.
  • Parthenissa: 'The Fifth Part' (Part Three, Books 1-4) Quarto Printed by T[homas] R[atcliffe] and E[dward] M[ottershead] for Henry Herringman, London, 1656. [First edition] Locations: Balliol College, Oxford; Bodleian; British Museum; University Library Cambridge; Huntington; Smith College Library.
  • Parthenissa: 'The Sixth Part' (Part Three, Books 5-8) Quarto For Henry Herringman, London, 1669. [First edition] Locations: Bodleian, University Library Cambridge; Huntington.

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  • Parthenissa: 'The Six Volumes Compleat' (Parts One, Two, and Three) Folio Printed by T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, London, 1676. [Third edition of Part One, Books 1-6; second edition of Part One, Books 7-8, Part Two, and Part Three] Locations: British Museum; University Library Cambridge; Dyce Collection, Victoria and Albert; Haigh Hall, Wigan: Amherst, Clark Library, Library of Congress, Massachusetts Historical Society, Newberry Library, Peabody Institute, and the following university libraries: Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbia, Harvard, Illinois, Michigan, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Virginia, and Yale.