Shelfmark
Ga.5.09
Author
Title
Johannis Caii Britanni de ephemera Britannica : liber unus, summâ curâ recognitus.
Varying form of title
De ephemera Britannica
Publication, distribution, etc.
Londini: : Impensis Gul. & Joh. Innys in area occidentali D. Pauli, MDCCXXI. [1721]
Physical description
[2], 133, [1] p. ; 17 cm. (8vo.)
Note
Woodcut fleur-de-lys on t.p.; initials, head- and tail-pieces.
Note
With a final page of advertisements.
Note
Signatures: [A]² (-A2) B-I⁸ K⁴ (-K4).
Note
First published in 1552 as 'A boke or counseill against the disease commonly called the sweate, or sweatying sicknesse', but later translated into Latin and much expanded into the present work by Caius himself.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T138997
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731, on rear pastedown.
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on front pastedown.
Binding
Eighteenth century light brown sprinkled calf; blind tooled double fillet and flower wreath frames, with one frame clear of sprinkling; large arabesque cornerpieces; gold tooled scroll roll on board edges; blind tooled single fillet on spine; traces of a spine label, now lost; five raised bands; red and green sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Dp.5.15, Ga.5.08.
Subject
Fever Early works to 1800.
Subject
Sweating-sickness Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--name
W. and J. Innys publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B46337