Sylua syluarum: or A naturall historie. : In ten centuries. VVritten by the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam Viscount St. Alban. Published after the authors death, by VVilliam Rawley Doctor of Diuinitie, late his Lordships chaplaine.
1627
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Sylua syluarum: or A naturall historie. : In ten centuries. VVritten by the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam Viscount St. Alban. Published after the authors death, by VVilliam Rawley Doctor of Diuinitie, late his Lordships chaplaine.
Created/published
London : Printed by I[ohn] H[aviland and Augustine Mathewes] for William Lee at the Turks Head in Fleet-street, next to the Miter, 1627.
Description
[14], 266, [16], 47, [5] p. : port. ; (fol.)
Associated name
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626, author.
Rawley, William, 1588?-1667.
Cecil, Thomas, active 1630, printmaker.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Rawley, William, 1588?-1667.
Cecil, Thomas, active 1630, printmaker.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Note
Haviland's name from STC; "Mathewes pr[inted]. quires A-B of Sylva, and New Atlantis".
With an additional title page, engraved, signed "Tho: Cecill sculp:", and dated 1627.
"Nevv Atlantis" has divisional title on a1, and separate pagination. a2 is a cancel.
Leaf g3 is a list, "Magnalia naturae, praecipue quoad usus humanos"; the last leaf is blank.
A variant of the edition with letterpress title page dated 1626.
Signatures: pi² ²pi² A-2M⁴ 2N² a-g⁴.
With an additional title page, engraved, signed "Tho: Cecill sculp:", and dated 1627.
"Nevv Atlantis" has divisional title on a1, and separate pagination. a2 is a cancel.
Leaf g3 is a list, "Magnalia naturae, praecipue quoad usus humanos"; the last leaf is blank.
A variant of the edition with letterpress title page dated 1626.
Signatures: pi² ²pi² A-2M⁴ 2N² a-g⁴.
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available for copy 1.
ESTC staff note
Description above assumes letterpress title page (unsigned) precedes dedication (unsigned)
Signatures from DFo.
Signatures from DFo.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 1169
Gibson, R.W. Bacon, 171
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S106924
Gibson, R.W. Bacon, 171
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S106924
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Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
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STC 1169 copy 1
Folger-specific note
Smedley. Lacking g4, blank. Provenance: front free endpaper printed with: Michaelis Lee Dicker, Med. Doct. è Libris est.; signature of S. Haydon; W.T. Smedley copy
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STC 1169 copy 2
Folger-specific note
HH17/3. Sigs.e,f misbound before 2N. Pencilled bibliographical notes on front paste-down. Provenance: signatures of Geo. Gresley; Theoph. Wetherherd, 1789; Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 1169 copy 3
Folger-specific note
cs1290. C3 misbound before C2; lacking 2M1 (blank), a2 and g4 (blank). Provenance: signature erased from front free endpaper; signature and manuscript notes of Ignatius Donnelly, 1892
Call number
STC 1169 copy 4
Folger-specific note
Smedley. Calf binding with gilt arms of Richard Saint George on both covers. Lacking engr. t.p. and g4, blank. Top edges damaged. Provenance: name obliterated from t.p.; Sir Richard St. George - W.T. Smedley copy