Shelfmark
Iaa4.5.10 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Iaa4.5.13 (Copy 2)
Author
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.
Note
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.
Note
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.
Added entry--name
Dod, Edward, active 1646 - 1661 printer.
Added entry--name
Crook, Andrew, ? - d. 1732 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Brome, Henry bookseller.
Added entry--name
Smith, Henry Babington, 1863 - 1923 former owner.
Added entry--name
Babington-Smith, David former owner.
Added entry--title
Religio Medici.
Added entry--title
Hydriotaphia.
Added entry--title
Garden of Cyrus.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B39456