Shelfmark
Gb.1.12
Author
Title
Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum: / olim ab Edoardo Wottono, Conrado Gesnero, Thomaque Pennio inchoatum: tandem Tho. Moufeti Londinâtis operâ sumptibusq[ue] maximis concinnatum, auctum, perfectum: et ad vivum expressis iconibus suprà quingentis illustratum.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Londini : Ex officinâ typographicâ Thom. Cotes. Et venales extant apud Benjam. Allen, in diverticulo, quod Anglicè dicitur Popes-head Alley., 1634.
Physical description
[20], 285, 296-326, [4] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 30 cm. (Fo.).
Note
Errata on verso of 2E2.
Note
Signatures: A⁶ a⁴ B-2D⁶ 2E⁴.
Note
Woodcut illustration on title-page, illustrations throughout text and two final leaves bearing woodcuts of insects.
Note
Edited by Sir Théodore Turquet de Mayerne, whose name appears in heading on A2r.
Note
Imprimatur at foot of 2E2v: "Recensui hunc tractatum, ... quo minùs cum utilitate publicâ imprimantur, ità tamen, ut si non intra septem menses proximè sequentes typis mandentur, hæc licentia sit omnino irrita. Ex ædibus Lambithanis 4. Decem. 1633. Guliel. Bray.".
Note
Book 2 (p. 177) has caption title, reading: De secundi libri divisione.
Note
Pages 48, 129, 150, 158, 170, 244 and 262 misnumbered 52, 130, 134, 160, 174, 246, and 260 respectively; variant has page 48 only correcly numbered.
Note
Stationers' Register: Entered to T. and R. Cotes 12 December 1633.
Note
One of three imprint variants of this edition.
Citation/references note
STC, 17993
Citation/references note
ESTC, S102912
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
Contemporary dark brown sprinkled calf; blind tooled triple fillet border; gold tooled single fillet on board edges; rebacked in 20th century in light brown sprinkled calf; blind tooled triple fillet on spine with gold tooled title; five raised bands; new endpapers; red stained edges.
Copy-specific note
Shelfmark or other number on title-page: B no 273.
Subject
Insects Early works to 1800.
Subject
Entomology Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Allen, Benjamin, ? - -1646 bookseller.
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Cotes, Thomas, ? - -1641 printer.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
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Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B46797