Gnōthi seauton = Nocse [sic] te ipsum, or, The Delphick oracle expounded : in two elegies as a looking-glass for the soul : teaching the knowledge of our selves, as the first step to true wisdom, and the only means to attain a right apprehension of the soul of man, and the immortality thereof, and its operation in the body, in order to an eternal state / written eighty years since by a person of great piety, learning, and experience; and now re-printed with a preface to it, giving some account of the frame of humane nature, and of man's creation, fall, and recovery ; and a collection of some poems ; with practical considerations, moral and divine, as an appendix.
1688
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Gnōthi seauton = Nocse [sic] te ipsum, or, The Delphick oracle expounded : in two elegies as a looking-glass for the soul : teaching the knowledge of our selves, as the first step to true wisdom, and the only means to attain a right apprehension of the soul of man, and the immortality thereof, and its operation in the body, in order to an eternal state / written eighty years since by a person of great piety, learning, and experience; and now re-printed with a preface to it, giving some account of the frame of humane nature, and of man's creation, fall, and recovery ; and a collection of some poems ; with practical considerations, moral and divine, as an appendix.
Created/published
London : [s.n.], Printed in the year 1688.
Description
[4], 55, [1] p. ; (fol.)
Associated name
Davies, John, Sir, 1569-1626, author.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Note
In verse.
Dedication, dated July 11, 1592, signed: John Davies.
The first two words of the title are in Greek characters.
"Licensed, April 10th. 1688. Rob. Midgley."
Dedication, dated July 11, 1592, signed: John Davies.
The first two words of the title are in Greek characters.
"Licensed, April 10th. 1688. Rob. Midgley."
ESTC staff note
DFONOTE blg title: Greek is incorrectly transcribed in the 245 field - correct transcription is given in the 246 (or - add long vowel mark to "o" in "Gnothi"?); title reads: "... Nocse [sic] teipsum: or, the Delphick oracle expounded, in two elegies, as a ..."; add remainder of title (as containing statement of responsibility, license, and contents): "... eternal state. Written eighty years since, by a person of great piety, learning, and experience; and now re-printed with a preface to it, giving some account of the frame of humane nature, and of man's creation, fall, and recovery. And a collection of some poems; with practical considerations, moral and divine, as an appendix. Licensed, April 10th. 1688. Rob. Midgley. ..."; pag.: [76], 76 p. ; in verse and prose; preface is dedicated to "W.R."
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), D400
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R171693
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R171693
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
D400 (folio)
Folger-specific note
133576. Preface (up through S2) detached; pp. 65-76 burnt at upper corners. Stabbed; disbound. Provenance: Harmsworth copy