Reliquiae Wottonianae. Or, A collection of lives, letters, poems ; with characters of sundry personages: and other incomparable pieces of language and art. By the curious pensil of the ever memorable Sr Henry Wotton Kt, late, provost of Eton Colledg.
Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639, author.; Lombart, Pierre, 1612-1682, printmaker.; Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683.; Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674.; Lefferts, Marshall C. (Marshall Clifford), 1848-1928, former owner.; Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639. Ad Regem è Scotia reducem Henrici Wottonii plausus et vota. English.; Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639. Short view of the life and death of George Villers, Duke of Buckingham.; Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639. Parallell betweene Robert late Earle of Essex, and George late Duke of Buckingham.
1651
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Reliquiae Wottonianae. Or, A collection of lives, letters, poems ; with characters of sundry personages: and other incomparable pieces of language and art. By the curious pensil of the ever memorable Sr Henry Wotton Kt, late, provost of Eton Colledg.
Uniform title
Works. Selections
Created/published
London : Printed by Thomas Maxey, for R. Marriot, G. Bedel, and T. Garthwait, 1651.
Description
[60], 540 p., [4] leaves of plate : ports. ; (12mo)
Associated name
Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639, author.
Lombart, Pierre, 1612-1682, printmaker.
Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683.
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674.
Lefferts, Marshall C. (Marshall Clifford), 1848-1928, former owner.
Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639. Ad Regem è Scotia reducem Henrici Wottonii plausus et vota. English.
Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639. Short view of the life and death of George Villers, Duke of Buckingham.
Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639. Parallell betweene Robert late Earle of Essex, and George late Duke of Buckingham.
Lombart, Pierre, 1612-1682, printmaker.
Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683.
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674.
Lefferts, Marshall C. (Marshall Clifford), 1848-1928, former owner.
Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639. Ad Regem è Scotia reducem Henrici Wottonii plausus et vota. English.
Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639. Short view of the life and death of George Villers, Duke of Buckingham.
Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639. Parallell betweene Robert late Earle of Essex, and George late Duke of Buckingham.
Note
Editor's dedication signed: J.W., i.e. Izaak Walton.
With an engraved frontispiece portrati of the author (plate) signed: PLombart sculp.
The words "lives, ... poems;" are bracketed together on title page.
The first leaf bears "Advice to the reader" and errata on verso.
Among the contents are: The life of Sir Henry Wotton [signed at end: Iz[aak]. Wa[lton].]; Of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex; and George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham; The difference and disparity between the estates and conditions of George Duke of Buckingham, and Robert Earl of Essex [by Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, but here attributed to Wotton]; A view of the life and death of Geo. Villiers, Duke of Buckingham; A panegyrick to King Charls; A conceipt of some observations intended upon things most remarkable in the civil history of this kingdom; The election of the new Duke of Venice, after the death of Giovanni Bembo; The elements of architecture; A philosophicall surveigh of education, or Moral architecture; The great action between Pompey and Caesar; A meditation upon the XXIIth chapter of Genesis; A meditation upon Christmas-day; Letters, &c. and characters of sundry personages, found among the papers of Sr, Henry Wotton Knight; Poems found among the papers of S.H. Wotton.
"A panegyrick to King Charls" has separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous.
Wotton's parallel between Essex and Villiers, his life of Buckingham, and his panegyrick to Charles I were also published separately, the latter in Latin with title: Ad Regem è Scotia reducem Henrici Wottonii plausus et vota.
Imprimatur at foot of p. 540: Imprimantur [sic]. Na. Brent.
Annotation on Thomason copy: "feb: 2 1650".
With an engraved frontispiece portrati of the author (plate) signed: PLombart sculp.
The words "lives, ... poems;" are bracketed together on title page.
The first leaf bears "Advice to the reader" and errata on verso.
Among the contents are: The life of Sir Henry Wotton [signed at end: Iz[aak]. Wa[lton].]; Of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex; and George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham; The difference and disparity between the estates and conditions of George Duke of Buckingham, and Robert Earl of Essex [by Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, but here attributed to Wotton]; A view of the life and death of Geo. Villiers, Duke of Buckingham; A panegyrick to King Charls; A conceipt of some observations intended upon things most remarkable in the civil history of this kingdom; The election of the new Duke of Venice, after the death of Giovanni Bembo; The elements of architecture; A philosophicall surveigh of education, or Moral architecture; The great action between Pompey and Caesar; A meditation upon the XXIIth chapter of Genesis; A meditation upon Christmas-day; Letters, &c. and characters of sundry personages, found among the papers of Sr, Henry Wotton Knight; Poems found among the papers of S.H. Wotton.
"A panegyrick to King Charls" has separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous.
Wotton's parallel between Essex and Villiers, his life of Buckingham, and his panegyrick to Charles I were also published separately, the latter in Latin with title: Ad Regem è Scotia reducem Henrici Wottonii plausus et vota.
Imprimatur at foot of p. 540: Imprimantur [sic]. Na. Brent.
Annotation on Thomason copy: "feb: 2 1650".
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), W3648
British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661, E.1254[1]
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R209190
British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661, E.1254[1]
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R209190
Genre/form
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
W3648 copy 1
Folger-specific note
cs78. Engraved armorial bookplate signed: E. D. French sc. 1894. Lacking engr. port. after F2. Errata leaf bound as printed. Provenance: inscribed on t.p.: "W. H. Barnar[d?]"; engraved armorial bookplate of Marshall Clifford Lefferts (motto "nulla vestigia retrorsum"); 1902 Bangs & Co., N.Y., cat. ("The Lefferts Books April 21[-]24, 1902"), lot no. 1443
Call number
W3648 copy 2
Folger-specific note
cs759. Bound in two separate volumes, with sigs.I-Z in volume 2. Errata leaf bound as printed. With a two-leaf MS. geneology of the author tipped in the prelims. Engr. ports. misbound after C12 and F4. Provenance: autographs of Jo: Bromfield and M. Underwood