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Iaa4.5.10 (Copy 1)

Additional shelfmark

Iaa4.5.13 (Copy 2)

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Title

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.

Varying form of title

Portion of title: Enquiries into very many received tenents, and commonly presumed truths

Publication, distribution, etc.

London, : Printed for Edward Dod, and are to be sould by Andrew Crook at the Green Dragon in Pauls Church-yard., 1658.

Physical description

[16], 118, 135-356, 369-468, [16]; [12], 73, [3] p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 4to.

Note

Head- and tail-pieces, initials, printed marginal notes.

Note

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.

Note

"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.

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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.

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With a final advertisement leaf.

Note

Annotation on Thomason copy: 'June 1st'.

Citation/references note

Keynes, Browne, 77

Citation/references note

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), B5162

Citation/references note

ESTC, R207236

Citation/references note

Quarrie, Eton 1440-1990, p. 32.

Provenance

[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.

Provenance

[Copy 1] Donation inscription on front flyleaf: H.G. Babington Smith from H.B.S. Oct 13 1919.

Provenance

[Copies 1 and 2] Bookplate recording donation to Eton College by David Babington-Smith.

Provenance

[Copies 1 and 2] Book label and round book stamp of Eton College Library.

Provenance

[Copy 1] Ownership inscription on front flyleaf: H Babington Smith, Jan 1911.

Provenance

[Copy 1] 17th century ownership inscription on front pastedown, now loose: Valentine Crome.

Provenance

[Copy 1] Ownership inscription on t.p.: G. Archer.

Provenance

[Copy 2] Ms. ownership inscription: H Banington Smith.

Provenance

[Copy 2] 17th century ownership inscription: Tho. Huddleston

Provenance

[Copy 2] Ms. ownership inscription on t.p: R. Simpson.

Provenance

[Copy 2] Unread ownership inscription on t.p., ending '...ly's book'.

Binding

[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.

Binding

[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-specific note

[Copy 1] Copy imperfect. Lacks vertical half-title and final leaf with adverts.

Copy-specific note

[Copy 1] Inscription in pencil on t.p.: This book cost me 11s. R.P.S.

Copy-specific note

[Copy 2] Decoration and text [unread] scored into binding on upper cover.

Subject

Common fallacies Early works to 1800.

Subject

Natural history Pre-Linnean works.

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Brome, Henry bookseller.

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Babington-Smith, David former owner.

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Religio Medici.

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Hydriotaphia.

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Garden of Cyrus.

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England London.

Identifier

B39456
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