Shelfmark
Gc.8.36
Author
Title
Elenchus motuum nuperorum in Anglia; : simul ac iuris Regii et Parlamentarii brevis enarratio..
Publication, distribution, etc.
Lutetiæ Parisiorum [i.e. Londini], : Pro R. R[oyston, typis F. Leach]. An. Dom. 1649..
Physical description
[12], 228 p. ; 12 cm. (12mo)
Note
Preface signed: Theodorus Veridicus (i.e. George Bate).
Note
The present edition matches ESTC R210318 (to judge by the reproductions available). In this edition the date on the title-page is given as "An. Dom. 1649.", final line and catchword on A4r are "futuræ Calamitatis gradum" and "sic", leaves A1 and A4 are unsigned and the pagination runs to 228. The other two editions are as follows: 1), printed by William Dugard, the title-page date is given as in the present edition, the final line and catchwords on A4r are "ipsos, Finémque (si fu-" and "turæ". leaf A1 is signed "A", leaf A4 is unsigned, with errata on A6v, and the paginaton runs to 224; and 2), printed by John Grismond, the title-page date is given as "An. Do. 1649", the final line and catchword on A4r are "ter nostris interesse" and "dis-", leaf A1 is unsigned, leaf A4 is signed and the pagination runs to 228.
Note
Madan says "I have not identified the printer" of this edition (Madan p. 139), but later identified him as Francis Leach.
Note
The imprint is fictitious. The work was printed in London in 1649 in three different editions by printers of the "Eikon basilike", William Dugard, Francis Leach and John Grismond. The publisher named with initials in the imprint is Richard Royston, the publisher of the "Eikon basilike" (cf. Madan).
Note
"A. 2455" appears on the title-page in place of an epigram.
Note
Signatures: A⁶ B-K¹² L⁶ (A1 blank).
Note
The first leaf is blank.
Note
Headpieces and initial; printed marginalia.
Note
The title-page is set within a single-rule border.
Citation/references note
Thomason, E.1409[1]
Citation/references note
Wing, B1078A
Citation/references note
Madan, F. F. "Milton, Salmasius and Dugard" in The Library (4th series, 4:3), pages [119]-145, 3
Citation/references note
ESTC, R210318
Provenance
Booklabel recording donation to Eton College by John Reynolds in 1751.
Binding
?Late 17th century marbled paper boards; rebacked in 20th century tan goatskin.
Subject
Charles, 1600 - 1649 I, King of England,
Subject
Regicides Early works to 1800.
Subject
Great Britain History Charles I, 1625-1649.
Subject
Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649.
Added entry--name
Royston, Richard, 1599 - 1686 publisher.
Added entry--name
Leach, Francis, ? - -1658 printer.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B53232