Shelfmark
Ib1.2.33
Additional shelfmark
Ib1.2.34
Author
Title
Reliquiæ Wottonianæ. Or A collection of lives, letters, poems; with characters of sundry personages: and other incomparable pieces of language and art. By the curious pencil of the ever memorable Sr Henry Wotton Kt, late provost of Eton Colledge.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Collection of lives, letters, poems
Edition
The second edition with large additions.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by Thomas Maxey, for R. Marriot, G. Bedel, and T. Garthwait, 1654.
Physical description
[12], 95, [1], 144, 135-254, 253-320, 305-515, [1] p. : ports. ; 14 cm. (12mo)
Note
Head-pieces, initials.
Note
T.p. enclosed in a decorative rule-border.
Note
Imprimatur at end of text: Imprimantur [sic]. Na. Brent.
Note
Wotton's parallel between Essex and Villiers, his life of Buckingham, and his panegyrick to Charles I were also published separately, the latter in Latin with title: Ad Regem è Scotia reducem Henrici Wottonii plausus et vota.
Note
Text continuous despite pagination.
Note
The words: "lives, ... poems," are bracketed together on title page.
Note
With an engraved frontispiece portrait of the author (A1v) signed: PLombart sculp. and an engraved portrait of King Charles I on leaf K1v and one of the Duke of Buckingham on leaf G11v.
Note
Editor's dedication signed: I.W., i.e. Izaak Walton.
Formatted contents note
Among the contents (each with divisional half-t.p.; pagination and register continuous throughout): The life of Sir Henry Wotton by Iz[aak]. Walton; Of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex; and George Villiars [sic], Duke of Buckingham; The difference and disparity between the estates and conditions of George Duke of Buckingham, and Robert Earl of Essex ... by the Earl of Clarendon [Edward Hyde]; A view of the life and death of Geo. Villiers, Duke of Buckingham; A panegyrick to King Charls; A concept of some observations intended upon things most remarkable in the civil history of this kingdom; The election of the new Duke of Venice after the death of Giovanni Bembo; The elements of architecture; A philosophicall surveigh of education, or moral architecture; The aphorisms of education; The great action between Pompey and Cesar; A meditation upon the XXIIth chapter of Genesis; A meditation upon Christmas-day; Letters, &c. and characters of sundry personages, found among the papers of Sr. Henry Wotton, Knight; Poems.
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), W3649
Citation/references note
ESTC, R38765
Provenance
[Ib1.2.33] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Binding
[Ib1.2.33] 19th century teal calf half binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Binding
[Ib1.2.34] 20th century calt binding; blind tooled centrepiece; blind tooled spine; gold tooled spine title; smooth spine; binder's stamp inside back board reading: "R.L. Day Binder".
Subject
Essex, Robert Devereux, 1566 - 1601 Earl of,
Subject
Charles, 1600 - 1649 I, King of England,
Subject
Subject
Subject
Architecture Early works to 1800.
Subject
Great Britain Biography Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Garthwait, Timothy, ? - d. 1669 publisher.
Added entry--name
Bedell, Gabriel, ? - d. 1668 publisher.
Added entry--name
Marriot, Richard, active 17th century - ? publisher.
Added entry--name
Maxey, Thomas, ? - d. 1657 printer.
Added entry--name
Wotton, Henry (), 1568 - 1639 Sir, Parallell betweene Robert late Earle of Essex, and George late Duke of Buckingham.
Added entry--name
Wotton, Henry (), 1568 - 1639 Sir, Ad Regem è Scotia reducem Henrici Wottonii plausus et vota. English.
Added entry--name
Wotton, Henry (), 1568 - 1639 Sir, Short view of the life and death of George Villers, Duke of Buckingham.
Added entry--name
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, 1609 - 1674 Earl of,
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Added entry--name
Lombart, Pierre, 1612 - 1682 engraver.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--name
Day, R. L. binder.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B34233