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| Title | Of wisdome : three bookes written in French |
| Detail Depicted | Owners -- Signatures and stamps (Leaf A1) |
| Uniform Title | De la sagesse. English |
| Creator/Author | Peter Charron [Charrron, Pierre, 1541-1603]
Samson Lennard [Lennard, Samson, d. 1633] |
| Publisher | Printed for Nathaniel Ranew and Ionathan Robinson at the Kings Arms in St Pauls Church yard |
| Place of Publication | London [England--London] |
| Date of Publication | 1670 |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Ethics--Early works to 1800
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| Genre Heading | Early printed books--1601-1700 (17th century)
Philosophical works
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| Bibliographic Elements | [28], 524, [20] p. ; 20 cm. (4to) |
| Printing Method | Letterpress on handmade laid paper |
| Printer | Printed for Nathaniel Ranew and Ionathan Robinson at the Kings Arms in St Pauls Church yard |
| Image Production Process | Woodcuts
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| Binding | Rebacked in the 20th century with original leather stiffened board.
Covers tooled in blind.
Original leather label hand-tooled in gold.
Sewn on 4 vegetal cords.
Headbands in 2 colors.
All edges stained red. |
| General Notes | Signatures: A-2M[superscript 8] 2N[superscript 4] 2O[superscript 2] [$4 signed; missigning 2A2 as 2A3, 2B4 as 2B5]; 286 leaves, pp. [28] 1-85 [86] 87-524 [20] [ misnumbering 148 as 158, 213 as 21, 279 with upside down 2, 396 as 296, 402 as 394, 403 as 395, 417 as 418, 502 as upside down 502, and 505 as 509.
Page [1] at front and p. [20] at end blank
Index on p. [1]-[18] at end.
Advertisements on p. [19] at end.
Engraved title page.
Library's copy is correctly imposed. Facing the t.p. is "Explication of the frontispiece." Engraved bookplate on inside front cover: Heathcote of Hursley, Baronet. Autograph on first leaf: "William Dawson, 1681, William Dawsonne." |
| Previous Owners | John L. Lievsay
Heathcote of Hursley, Baronet
William Dawson |
| References | Wing C3719 |
| Language | French |
| Digital Collection | Historical Book Arts Collection |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Special Collections |
| Call Number | SpecColl Rare Books BJ1051 C413 1670 |
| 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. |
