Iaa4.5.10 (Copy 1)
Iaa4.5.13 (Copy 2)
Pseudodoxia epidemica: or, Enquiries into very many received tenents, and commonly presumed truths. By Thomas Brown Dr. of Physick. The fourth edition. With marginal observations, and a table alphabetical. Whereunto are now added two discourses the one of Urn-burial, or sepulchrall urns, lately found in Norfolk. The other of the Garden of Cyrus, or network plantations of the antients. Both newly written by the same author.
Portion of title: Enquiries into very many received tenents, and commonly presumed truths
London, : Printed for Edward Dod, and are to be sould by Andrew Crook at the Green Dragon in Pauls Church-yard., 1658.
[16], 118, 135-356, 369-468, [16]; [12], 73, [3] p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 4to.
Head- and tail-pieces, initials, printed marginal notes.
Title-page of 'Hydriotaphia': Hydriotaphia, urn-burial; or, a discourse of the sepulchral urns lately found in Norfolk. Together with The garden of Cyrus; or, the quincuncial lozenge, or net-work plantations of the ancients, artificially, naturally, mystically considerd: with sundry observations. / By Thomas Browne, Dr of Physick. -- London, : Printed for Henry Brome, at the Signe of Gun in Ivy-lane., 1658.
"Hydriotaphia urne-buriall" has separate dated title page and pagination, and begins new register with quire 5[par]. "Garden of Cyrus" has separate dated title page; register and pagination are continuous.
With a vertical half-title (Keynes' "longitudinal label") printed as 5[par]1, sometimes bound after the title page of "Hydriotaphia": Dr Brown’s Enquiries & Garden of Cyrus.
With a final advertisement leaf.
Annotation on Thomason copy: 'June 1st'.
Keynes, Browne, 77
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), B5162
ESTC, R207236
Quarrie, Eton 1440-1990, p. 32.
[Copy 1] Ownership inscription on front pastedown, now loose: Sum ex libris Tho: Gale: a Coll: Wadh Commd. Feb: 19: 1660. ... pret: 4s-6d. Thomas Gale was the son of Roger Gale, from Taunton.
[Copy 1] Donation inscription on front flyleaf: H.G. Babington Smith from H.B.S. Oct 13 1919.
[Copies 1 and 2] Bookplate recording donation to Eton College by David Babington-Smith.
[Copies 1 and 2] Book label and round book stamp of Eton College Library.
[Copy 1] Ownership inscription on front flyleaf: H Babington Smith, Jan 1911.
[Copy 1] 17th century ownership inscription on front pastedown, now loose: Valentine Crome.
[Copy 1] Ownership inscription on t.p.: G. Archer.
[Copy 2] Ms. ownership inscription: H Banington Smith.
[Copy 2] 17th century ownership inscription: Tho. Huddleston
[Copy 2] Ms. ownership inscription on t.p: R. Simpson.
[Copy 2] Unread ownership inscription on t.p., ending '...ly's book'.
[Copy 1] 19th century mid-brown calf; blind tooled double fillet border with small fleurons at each corner; gold tooled twisted cord fillet on spine; gold tooled brown morocco spine label; red stained edges; 19th century endpapers.
[Copy 2] 19th century mid-brown calf; blind tooled double fillet border with small fleurons at each corner; gold tooled brown morocco spine label; 20th century endpapers; rebacked in 20th century brown leather.
[Copy 1] Copy imperfect. Lacks vertical half-title and final leaf with adverts.
[Copy 1] Inscription in pencil on t.p.: This book cost me 11s. R.P.S.
[Copy 2] Decoration and text [unread] scored into binding on upper cover.
Common fallacies Early works to 1800.
Natural history Pre-Linnean works.
Dod, Edward, active 1646 - 1661 printer.
Crook, Andrew, ? - d. 1732 bookseller.
Brome, Henry bookseller.
Smith, Henry Babington, 1863 - 1923 former owner.
Babington-Smith, David former owner.
Religio Medici.
Hydriotaphia.
Garden of Cyrus.
England London.
B39456