Shelfmark
Ga.8.04
Author
Title
Catalogus plantarum circa Cantabrigiam nascentium : in quo exhibentur quotquot hactenus inventæ sunt, quæ vel sponte proveniunt, vel in agris seruntur; Unà cum synonymis selectioribus, locis natalibus & observationibus quibusdam oppidò raris. Adjiciuntur in gratiam tyronum, Index Anglico-latinus, index locorum, etymolgia nominum, & explicatio quorundam terminorum.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Cantabrigiæ: Excudebat Joann. Field, celeberrimæ academiæ typographus. Impensis Gulielmi Nealand, bibliopolæ., Ann. Dom. 1660.
Physical description
[30], 182; [2], 103, [1] p. ; 15 cm. (8vo.)
Note
The 'Index' has separate pagination but continuous signatures.
Note
Includes index with separate t.p.: "Index plantarum agri Cantabrigiensis, in quo nomina Anglica Latinis præponuntur ordine alphabetico: ..."
Note
Signatures: *⁸(-*2) **⁸ A-S⁸ (S8 blank).
Note
T.p. printed in black and red.
Note
Attributed to John Ray.
Note
A further issue exists with a cancel t.p. bearing a London imprint (ESTC R219663).
Note
Title pages were printed on both *1 and *2; *1 (with red rule above imprint, "Catalogus ... in quo", and the 'a' of "agris" aligned below the 'o' of "sponte" in the title) was apparently intended to correct *2 (black rule above imprint, and "Catalogus .. in qua exhibentur") and *2 intended to be cancelled. Keynes states the "complete copies of this book contain [the] two title-pages", though some are found with only one. ESTC gives only [30] initial pages, preferring one of the two title-pages only to be present. ESTC's Variant 1: with "in qua" title page; *1 cancelled. Variant 2: both title pages present. (Both ESTC R203306)
Note
Keynes gives three variants of this Cambridge imprint (see below). This record is for the issue with rule above imprint printed in red (i.e. with the presence of leaf *1).
Citation/references note
Keynes, G. John Ray, a bibliography, p. 1-6
Citation/references note
ESTC, R203306
Citation/references note
Wing R383
Citation/references note
Bowes, R. A catalogue of books printed at .... Cambridge (1894), no. 114.
Provenance
Inscription on second front flyleaf: Samuell Downes. Samuel Downes was schoolmaster at Coggeshall, see Venn 1, ii, 61b.
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
Contemporary dark brown sprinkled sheep; blind tooled double fillet border with second triple fillet frame; large fleurons at each corner of the frame; gold tooled swag roll on board edges; 20th century mid brown calf spine; blind tooled decoration; earlier red morocco spine label with gold tooled title and double fillet reattached to spine; four raised bands; red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
Some notes on rear flyleaf, marginalia and deletions.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Ff.8.23.
Subject
Plants Classification.
Subject
Botany England Cambridgeshire Indexes
Subject
Botany Pre-Linnean works
Added entry--name
Field, John, ? - d. 1668 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Nealand, William printer.
Added entry--name
Downes, Samuel former owner.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
England Cambridge
Identifier
B46443