Shelfmark
Gd.4.27-28 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Gd.4.28a-28b (Copy 2)
Title
The phenix: or, A revival of scarce and valuable pieces from the remotest antiquity down to the present times. Being a collection of manuscripts and printed tracts, no where to be found but in the closets of the curious. By a gentleman who has made it his business to search after such pieces for twenty years past..
Varying form of title
Revival of scarce and valuable pieces from the remotest antiquity down to the present times
Varying form of title
Vol. 2 title begins: Second volume of The phenix
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed for J. Morphew near Stationers Hall., M.DCC.VII. [1707]
Physical description
2 v. (vi, 570; xv, [1], 552 p.) ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Note
"A gentleman" = the editor: John Dunton.
Note
Titles vary slightly.
Note
Title, with tract number, repeated as caption at head of first page of text.
Note
Includes a preface and table of contents in each volume.
Note
Includes tracts on religion, and key political and historical tracts from the reigns of Edward I to William III.
Note
Title set within a double-ruled border.
Citation/references note
ESTC, P3207
Citation/references note
NCBEL, II:1344
Citation/references note
McLeod, W. and V. Graphical directory, 1702-1714, p. 40
Citation/references note
Crane & Kaye, 717
Citation/references note
Goldsmiths', 4385
Numbering peculiarities note
Volumes lack designation; numeration added by cataloger from individual issues; dated from imprint. -- ESTC.
Numbering peculiarities note
Individual issues numbered, but lack chronological designation.
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Tract 8 in v. 1. New Haven, CT : Research Publications, Inc., 1974. 1 reel ; 35mm. (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature ; reel 263, no. 4385).
Additional physical form available
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Provenance
Copy 1: Armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington inside front cover, recording donation to Eton College in 1731. Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Copy 2: Armorial bookplate of Eton College inside front cover.
Binding
Copy 1: 18th century brown panelled calf; boards have three concentric blind-tooled frames, with outermost frame sprinkled and innermost panel stained; five raised bands; goatskin spine label with gilt title: "Phenix" and volume number; board edges tooled in gold; text block edges sprinkled red.
Binding
Copy 2: 18th century calf; boards have three concentric blind-tooled frames, with outermost frame and innermost panel sprinkled; five raised bands; volume number tooled in gold on spine; board edges tooled in gold; text block edges sprinkled red and brown.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Previous shelfmark: Dl.5.23-24.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Ms. on front endpaper of v. 2: "p. 128. The Discipline. -128."
Subject
Religion Periodicals Early works to 1800.
Subject
Great Britain History 1066-1687 Periodicals Early works to 1800.
Subject
Great Britain Politics and government 1485-1603 Periodicals Early works to 1800.
Subject
Great Britain Politics and government 1603-1714 Periodicals Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Morphew, John printer.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B23760