Shilhavtiyah or, The burning of London in the year 1666. : Commemorated and improved in a CX. discourses, meditations, and contemplations. Divided into four parts, treating of I. The sins, or spiritual causes procuring that judgment. II. The natural causes of fire, morally applyed. III. The most remarkable passages and circumstances of that dreadful fire. IV. Counsels and comfort unto such as are sufferers by the said judgment. By Samuel Rolle, minister of the word, and sometime fellow of Trinity-Colledge in Cambridge.
1667
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Title
Shilhavtiyah or, The burning of London in the year 1666. : Commemorated and improved in a CX. discourses, meditations, and contemplations. Divided into four parts, treating of I. The sins, or spiritual causes procuring that judgment. II. The natural causes of fire, morally applyed. III. The most remarkable passages and circumstances of that dreadful fire. IV. Counsels and comfort unto such as are sufferers by the said judgment. By Samuel Rolle, minister of the word, and sometime fellow of Trinity-Colledge in Cambridge.
Created/published
London : Printed by R[obert]. I[bbitson]. for Thomas Parkhurst, at the Golden Bible on London-bridge, 1667.
Description
[28], 128, [4], 220, [4], 144 p., [1] leaf of folded plates : ill. ; (8vo)
Associated name
Rolle, Samuel, active 1657-1678, author.
Note
First word of title in Hebrew characters.
Printer's name from Wing CD.
First leaf is blank.
Part 1, "Preliminary discourses: and meditations of the sins for which God hath first and last brought the judgment of fire" (a5r), and [part 2], "Physical contemplations; of the nature, and natural-causes of fire, morally applied" (G5r), each has separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous. Part 3, "Sixty one meditations, and reflections upon the most remarkable passages and circumstances of the late dreadful fire", and part 4, "Twenty seven meditations consisting of counsel and comfort to direct and support Christians under outward troubles", with imprint "printed for Thomas Parkhurst, Nathaniel Ranew, and Jonathan Robinson", each has separate dated title page, pagination, and register. In the imprint for part 4 Ranew's first name is printed as "Nathanael" in place of "Nathaniel".
A variant of the edition with "printed by R. I. for Nathaniel Ranew, and Jonathan Robinson" in imprint (Wing R1877).
Part 3 identified as Wing R1882 on UMI microfilm "Early English books, 1641-1700" reel 1622:6. Part 4 identified as Wing R1884 on UMI microfilm "Early English books, 1641-1700" reel 1622:7.
Printer's name from Wing CD.
First leaf is blank.
Part 1, "Preliminary discourses: and meditations of the sins for which God hath first and last brought the judgment of fire" (a5r), and [part 2], "Physical contemplations; of the nature, and natural-causes of fire, morally applied" (G5r), each has separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous. Part 3, "Sixty one meditations, and reflections upon the most remarkable passages and circumstances of the late dreadful fire", and part 4, "Twenty seven meditations consisting of counsel and comfort to direct and support Christians under outward troubles", with imprint "printed for Thomas Parkhurst, Nathaniel Ranew, and Jonathan Robinson", each has separate dated title page, pagination, and register. In the imprint for part 4 Ranew's first name is printed as "Nathanael" in place of "Nathaniel".
A variant of the edition with "printed by R. I. for Nathaniel Ranew, and Jonathan Robinson" in imprint (Wing R1877).
Part 3 identified as Wing R1882 on UMI microfilm "Early English books, 1641-1700" reel 1622:6. Part 4 identified as Wing R1884 on UMI microfilm "Early English books, 1641-1700" reel 1622:7.
ESTC staff note
Verify Hebrew transliteration.
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), R1876
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), R1882
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), R1884
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R39462
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), R1882
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), R1884
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R39462
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
R1876
Folger-specific note
cs71. Sprinkled sheep binding with manuscript spine label: "Rolle's Burning of London." Provenance: engraved armorial bookplate of Charles Leeson Prince (motto "a deo et rege"); May, 1901 Folger purchase from Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge (sale catalogue for May 6-9, 1901, lot no. 575)