Shelfmark
Ib1.3.25
Additional shelfmark
Ib1.3.26
Author
Title
Reliquiæ Wottonianæ: or, A collection of lives, letters, poems; with characters of sundry personages: and other incomparable pieces of language and art. Also additional letters to several persons, not before printed. By the curious pencil of the ever memorable Sir Henry Wotton Kt. late provost of Eaton Colledge.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Collection of lives, letters, poems
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Reliquiae Wottonianae
Edition
The third edition, with large additions.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by T. Roycroft, for R. Marriott, F. Tyton, T. Collins, and J. Ford, 1672.
Physical description
[88], 75, 72-412, 411-582, [2] p. : ports. ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Formatted contents note
The life of Sir Henry Wotton / [by Izaak Walton] -- (from table of contents Qq7): 1. The elements of architecture. -- 2. A survey of education. -- 3. Aphorisms of education. -- 4. Characters of some kings of England. -- 5. Vita Henrici Sexti. -- 6. Ad Regem è Scotia reducem H.W. Plausus & vota. -- 7. A panegyrick to King Charles. -- 8. The parallel. -- 9. The disparity. -- 10. The life of the Duke of Buckingham. -- 11. The great action between Pompey and Cæsar. -- 12. A character of Ferdinand, Grand Duke of Tuscany. -- 13. The election of the new Duke of Venice; with other papers concerning that state. -- 14. A meditation on Gen. 22. -- 15. A meditation on Christmas-day. -- 16. Letters to several persons. -- 17. Poems. -- 18. Letters to Sir Edmund Bacon. -- 19. Additional letters to several persons: never before printed.
Citation/references note
Wing (2nd ed.), W3650
Citation/references note
ESTC, R34765
Provenance
[Ib1.3.26] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
[Ib1.3.25] Armorial bookplate of John Jebb D.D. F.R.S. Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe.
Provenance
[Ib1.3.25] Donation label of F. W. Cornish, Esq.
Provenance
[Ib1.3.25] Ms. inscription on title page: "Anth: King. -".
Binding
[Ib1.3.26] 19th century teal calf half binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Binding
[Ib1.3.25] 17th century brown calf; blind tooled fillets around the perimeter with additional blind tooled fillet parallel to the spine; rebacked.
Subject
Subject
Subject
Essex, Robert Devereux, 1566 - 1601 Early works to 1800.
Subject
Wotton, Henry (), 1568 - 1639 Early works to 1800.
Subject
Education Philosophy Early works to 1800.
Subject
Architecture Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Ford, John, 1586 - approximately 1640 publisher.
Added entry--name
Collins, Thomas, fl. 1650 - 1682 publisher.
Added entry--name
Tyton, Francis publisher.
Added entry--name
Marriot, Richard, active 17th century - ? publisher.
Added entry--name
Roycroft, Thomas, ? - d. 1677 printer.
Added entry--name
Walton, Izaak, 1593 - 1683 Life of Sir Henry Wotton.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--name
Jebb, John, 1775 - 1833 former owner.
Added entry--name
Warre Cornish, Francis, 1871 - 1901 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B34343