Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631 Hole, William, d. 1624 Selden, John, 1584-1654
Published / Created:
1613
Call Number:
Ig D799 +613P
Image Count:
44
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Description:
Added t.-p:, illustrated and engr., Imperfect: 5th and 8th prelim. leaves (signatures A1, 4) wanting ; 1st prelim. leaf and p. 1-2 mutilated ; table ([8] p.) misbound before p. 1. The space between the end-pieces on p. 303 is blank., and Map for 13th song [Warw
Publisher:
Printed by H.L. for Mathew Lownes : I. Browne: I. Helme, and I. Busbie,
Subject (Name):
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1594-1612--Portraits
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, consisting of aphorisms, axioms, and pithy commentary on such subjects as "Wisdom, "Money," "Retalliation," and "Parliament." Concerning "Popery," the author writes, "We charge the prelaticall clergy with the popery to make them odious tho we know they are guilty of no such thing. Just as heretofore they called Images Mammetts and the adoration of Images Mammetry, that is Mahomet & Mahometry odious names, when all the world knows the Turks are forbidden Images by their Religion."
Description:
Binding: stitched, loose in Middle Hill boards., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Note in same hand on first page: "Out of a manuscript called the discourse of Mr. Selden lent by the Earl of Arlington to Sir Robert Jenkinson.", Pasted in: inside front cover, dealer's description of manuscript, "said by T. F. Fenwick to be in the hand of Edward Southwell, and perhaps copied by him as a boy before the first (posthumous) publication of the 'Table Talk' in 1689.", and Phillips, Ms. 10149.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Politics and government--1603-1649
Subject (Name):
Selden, John,--1584-1654--Table-talk and Southwell, Edward,--1671-1730
Subject (Topic):
Aphorisms and apothegms--17th century, Conduct of life--17th century, and Conduct of life--Quotations, maxims, etc
Contemporary MS copy, titled, "The discourse of John Selden, Esq. or, his sense of various matters of wright and high consequence relating especially to religion and state." and This manuscript appears to be based on early manuscripts, and not on the printed edition of 1689.
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, consisting of aphorisms, axioms, and pithy commentary on such subjects as "Wisdom, "Money," "Retalliation," and "Parliament." Prefaced by a dedication to Lord Chief Justice Matthew Hale, Edward Heywood, John Vaughan, and Rowland Jenkes, signed by Selden's secretary Richard Milward, who "had the opportunity to hear his discourse twenty years together."
Description:
9 preliminary leaves, front and back, some lined but otherwise blank, not digitized., Armorial bookplate of Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale., Binding: contemporary full leather., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and Includes alphabetized table of contents.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Politics and government--1603-1649 and Great Britain--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Hale, Matthew,--Sir,--1609-1676, Lowther, Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale--Bookplate, Milward, Ri.--(Richard),--1609-1680, and Selden, John,--1584-1654--Table-talk
Subject (Topic):
Aphorisms and apothegms--17th century, Conduct of life--17th century, and Conduct of life--Quotations, maxims, etc
