Accession number
PML 1741
Creator
Owen, John, 1560?-1622.
Published
Amsterodami, : Apud Lud. Elzevirium, 1647.
Credit line
Purchase; Toovey collection; 1899.
Notes
"Monosticha quaedam ethica & politica veterum sapientum," p. [107]-120, taken textually from Michele Verino's De puerorum moribus disticha. Cf. Willems.
The Elzeviers published at least 4 distinct editions under this date. The first has a headpiece lacking the device (an X within a delta, Rahir no. 72) found in the headpieces of the second through fourth issues. The second is lacking the tailpiece found on p. 204 of the third and fourth. The fourth has a slightly different headpiece (Rahir no. 73), and the last line on p. 212 reads: se exercuit, peritia omnibus se approbarit. This issue is the fourth. Cf. Willems; Rahir.
Engraved title page.
Engraved port. of the author on prelim. p. [4].
Headpiece; tailpiece (p. 204).
Prelim. p. [3]-[4] blank.
The Elzeviers published at least 4 distinct editions under this date. The first has a headpiece lacking the device (an X within a delta, Rahir no. 72) found in the headpieces of the second through fourth issues. The second is lacking the tailpiece found on p. 204 of the third and fourth. The fourth has a slightly different headpiece (Rahir no. 73), and the last line on p. 212 reads: se exercuit, peritia omnibus se approbarit. This issue is the fourth. Cf. Willems; Rahir.
Engraved title page.
Engraved port. of the author on prelim. p. [4].
Headpiece; tailpiece (p. 204).
Prelim. p. [3]-[4] blank.
Description
[4], 212 p. : port., music ; 11 cm.
Provenance
From the collection of James Toovoey.
Binding
Dark blue morocco.
Classification
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Department