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The historie of foure-footed beastes : describing the true and liuely figure of euery beast, with a discourse of their seuerall names, conditions, kindes, vertues (both naturall and medicinall) countries of their breed, their loue and hate to mankinde, and the wonderfull worke of God in their creation, preseruation, and destruction : necessary for all diuines and students, because the story of euery beast is amplified with narrations out of Scriptures, fathers, phylosophers, physitians, and poets : wherein are declared diuers hyerogliphicks, emblems, epigrams, and other good histories, collected out of all the volumes of Conradus Gesner, and all other writers to this present day.
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| Title | The historie of foure-footed beastes : describing the true and liuely figure of euery beast, with a discourse of their seuerall names, conditions, kindes, vertues (both naturall and medicinall) countries of their breed, their loue and hate to mankinde, and the wonderfull worke of God in their creation, preseruation, and destruction : necessary for all diuines and students, because the story of euery beast is amplified with narrations out of Scriptures, fathers, phylosophers, physitians, and poets : wherein are declared diuers hyerogliphicks, emblems, epigrams, and other good histories, collected out of all the volumes of Conradus Gesner, and all other writers to this present day. |
| Detail Depicted | Printing -- Page design (Leaf 3Y3)
Printing – Decorative elements – Head and tail pieces (Leaf 3Y3) |
| Creator/Author | Edward Topsell [Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625?] |
| Publisher | Printed by William Iaggard [Jaggard, William, 1569-1623] |
| Place of Publication | London [England--London] |
| Date of Publication | 1607 |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Mammals
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| Genre Heading | Early printed books--1601-1700 (17th century)
Scientific works
Bestiaries
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| Bibliographic Elements | [38], 757, [17] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 31 cm. (fol.) |
| Printing Method | Letterpress on handmade laid paper |
| Printer | Printed by William Iaggard [Jaggard, William, 1569-1623] |
| Image Production Process | Woodcuts
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| Binding | Rebound in 19th century in full leather. Sewn on 3 cords. Spine repaired and has fake bands. Stuck-on headbands. |
| General Notes | Signatures: A[superscript 6] (-A2) (par.)[superscript 6] 2(par.)[superscript 8] B-2V[superscript 6], 3A-3X[superscript 6] 3Y[superscript 8] (3Y6 + 1) [$3 (-L2, V1, 3P2; +2(par.)4, 3Y4) signed; missigning V2 as 2V2, X3 as 2X3, Y2 as 2Y2]; 406 leaves, pp. [38] 1-228 [229] 230-445 [446] 447-721 [722] 723-757 [758] [16]
Leaf 3Y6 bottom has ghost of title page imprint picked up from inked typan.
Watermarks and countermarks.
Woodcut initials.
Many woodcut plates, some full page.
Edges trimmed, affecting some illustrations.
Largely a translation of book 1 of Gesner's Historia animalium, with additions by Topsell.(reference OCLC 6153504)
Title vignette: the gorgon. |
| Previous Owners | Joseph Dook inscribed on title page |
| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Historical Book Arts Collection |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Special Collections |
| Call Number | SpecColl Rare Books 599 T629h |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned in RGB color using an Olympus C-2000 Zoom digital camera and saved in.jpg format and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2003 |
| Restrictions/Copyright | Some of our items are fragile and may require an appointment for use. Please contact Special Collections. |
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