Shelfmark
Gc.3.07
Author
Title
The common-wealth of Oceana..
Varying form of title
Commonwealth of Oceana
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed by J. Streater, for Livewell Chapman, and are to be sold at his shop at the Crown in Popes-Head-Alley,, 1656..
Physical description
[12], 239, [1], 255-286, 189-210, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 28 cm. (fol.)
Note
Dedication (pi2r) signed: James Harrington.
Note
Title page in red and black.
Note
With an engraved frontispiece portrait of the author (plate).
Note
A variant of the edition with "printed for D. Pakeman" in imprint.
Citation/references note
ESTC, R18610
Citation/references note
Pforzheimer, 449
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), H809
Provenance
Booklabel recording donation to Eton College by John Reynolds in 1751.
Binding
17th century sheep binding; border of blind double fillets with additional double fillet parallel to spine; smooth spine; traces of spine label.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: wanting the plate.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Fi.2.16.
Subject
Utopias Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Streater, John, fl. 1650 - 1670 printer.
Added entry--name
Chapman, Livewel publisher.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B48180