The blessed birth-day : celebrated in some religious meditations on the angels anthem. Luc. 2. 14. Also holy transportations in contemplating some of the most obserueable adiuncts about our Saviours nativity. Extracted for the most part out of the sacred Scriptures, ancient fathers, Christian poets. And some moderne approved authors. By Charles Fitz-Geffry.
1636
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Title
The blessed birth-day : celebrated in some religious meditations on the angels anthem. Luc. 2. 14. Also holy transportations in contemplating some of the most obserueable adiuncts about our Saviours nativity. Extracted for the most part out of the sacred Scriptures, ancient fathers, Christian poets. And some moderne approved authors. By Charles Fitz-Geffry.
Edition
The second edition with additions.
Created/published
Oxford : Imprinted by Leonard Lichfield printer to the Vniversity, and are to be sold by Edward Forrest, Anno Dom. 1636.
Description
[8], 80 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 15 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Fitz-Geffry, Charles, 1575?-1638, author.
Heber, Richard, 1773-1833, former owner.
Steevens, George, 1736-1800, former owner.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Heber, Richard, 1773-1833, former owner.
Steevens, George, 1736-1800, former owner.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Note
In verse.
Signatures: *⁴ A-E⁸.
Frontis. = plate.
Signatures: *⁴ A-E⁸.
Frontis. = plate.
ESTC staff note
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), 10936
Madan, F. Oxford books, I, p. 190
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S119251
Madan, F. Oxford books, I, p. 190
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S119251
Genre/form
Annotations.
Manuscript waste.
Printed waste.
Manuscript waste.
Printed waste.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Oxford.
Item Details
Call number
STC 10936 Bd.w. STC 22352
Folger-specific note
cs0532. The frontispiece is bound after the title leaf. Manuscript notes and markings. On *1v, manuscript verse beginning: "Goe little booke noe longer mine / Waite on my dearest Valentine ..." Circular manuscript (sale?) label ('873') on front turn-in. Some edges are untrimmed. Bound in contemporary gilt-tooled calfskin; printed waste (with Latin text from an unidentified source) and manuscript waste paste-downs (three fragments of waste have been removed and separately housed); re-backed; repaired by Folger Library; stored in a case. Bound with (and preceding): Shakespeare, William. The rape of Lucrece. London, 1632. Provenance: gilt initials of 'S D' on front and back covers; inscribed following manuscript verse on *1v: "Jo: Drew." (see also Latin poem on back fly-leaf) ; book-label of B. Day; George Steevens copy (MS. note, partially mutilated, on front fly-leaf: "Steevens ..."); Richard Heber copy; Britwell Court copy (with the Britwell shelf-mark: 30.B.10.)