Accession number
PML 6228
Creator
Broughton, Hugh, 1549-1612.
Published
[London] : [For Gabriel Simson and William White?], [1590?]
Credit line
Purchased in 1906.
Notes
Collation: [fleuron]1 A-B⁴ ²B-H⁴, with title page singleton before [fleuron]1.
PML copy with engraved world map bound before title page, "An abridgement of Iudahs storeis" and "The greatnes of Nabuchadnezares" bound before A1, and "In the image and fower beastes" and "The empire of Rome" bound after H4.
Second edition, revised from the first.
The plates, by William Rogers, based on those in STC 3850 attributed to Jodocus Hondius the Elder, are: the title page; "The greatnes of Nabuchadnezars empire"; "The empire of Rome, that crucified our Lorde"; "In the image and fower beastes"; "An abridgement of Iudahs stories" and "A map of the earth with names (the most) from Scriptures", folded. The latter is printed from the same plate as that in STC 3850, additionally worked by Rogers.
PML copy with engraved world map bound before title page, "An abridgement of Iudahs storeis" and "The greatnes of Nabuchadnezares" bound before A1, and "In the image and fower beastes" and "The empire of Rome" bound after H4.
Second edition, revised from the first.
The plates, by William Rogers, based on those in STC 3850 attributed to Jodocus Hondius the Elder, are: the title page; "The greatnes of Nabuchadnezars empire"; "The empire of Rome, that crucified our Lorde"; "In the image and fower beastes"; "An abridgement of Iudahs stories" and "A map of the earth with names (the most) from Scriptures", folded. The latter is printed from the same plate as that in STC 3850, additionally worked by Rogers.
Description
[74] p., [6] leaves of plates (1 folded) : engravings ; 22.5 x 16.5 cm
Provenance
Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from J. Pearson & Co., 1906.
Binding
Dark green morocco by Riviere.
Classification
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