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Sylva sylvarum: or, A naturall history. In ten centuries. / written by the Right Honble. Francis Lo. Verulam Viscount St. Alban. Published after the authors death, by William Rawley doctor of diuinitie, late his lordships chaplaine.
Sylva sylvarvm
Added title page title: Nevv Atlantis
Parallel title: New Atlantis
Portion of title: Naturall historie
London, : Printed by I[ohn]. H[aviland and Augustine Mathewes]. for William Lee at the Turks Head in Fleet-street, next to the Miter., 1626.
[14], 266, [16], 47, [5] p. : port. ; 30 cm (Fo.).
Haviland's name from STC; "Mathewes pr[inted]. quires A-B of Sylva, and New Atlantis".
With an additional title page, engraved, signed "Tho: Cecill sculp:", and dated 1627.
"Nevv Atlantis" has divisional title on a1, and separate pagination.
Leaf g3 is a list, "Magnalia naturæ, præcipue quoad usus humanos"; the last leaf is blank.
Entered 4 July 1626.
Signatures: [pi]2, ¶2, A4-Mm4, Nn2, a4-g4.
STC 1168.
ESTC, S106909
Engraved Eton College armorial bookplate on verso of engraved title-page. According to Paul Quarrie's card catalogue record, this copy was in Eton College Library in 17th century.
Contemporary limp vellum case binding; yapp edges; traces of ties; three sewn bands; red sprinkled edges.
In this copy sheets Mm-Nn are bound in with the preliminaries, between ¶2 and A1.
Previous shelfmark: Dd3.14.
Natural history Pre-Linnean works.
Cecil, Thomas, active 1630 - ? engraver.
England London
B46798