Shelfmark
Iaa4.3.30
Author
Uniform title
[Selections]
Title
Simples from Sir Thomas Browne's Garden / gathered by Harry Christopher Minchin.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Oxford : B. H. Blackwell, MCMV [1905].
Physical description
[6], 154, [4] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 18 cm.
Note
"650 copies printed, including 25 on hand-made paper for presentation." - t.p. verso.
Note
Publisher's green cloth binding; gilt circular design upper cover; blind-stamped circular on lower cover; gilt lettering on spine; gilt top-edge.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Prefatory: the author and his works -- Passages from Religio medici; the author self-portrayed -- A glimpse of the author in his correspondence -- A handful of the author's Christian morals -- Further passages from Religio medici -- Passages from Enquiries into vulgar and common errors -- Passages from Hydriotaphia, or Urn-burial -- The author's prayer.
Citation/references note
Keynes, Browne, 210
Provenance
Ms. initials: "DBS" [David Babington-Smith].
Provenance
Bookplate recording donation to Eton College by David Babington-Smith.
Provenance
Booklabel and ink stamp of Eton College Library.
Copy-specific note
Label of J. Hall & Son, Cambridge.
Subject
Subject
Christian life Early works to 1800.
Subject
Christian life.
Subject
Urn burial.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
B. H. Blackwell Ltd. publisher.
Added entry--name
Babington-Smith, David former owner.
Added entry--place
England Oxford.
Identifier
B45620