Philocophus: or, The deafe and dumbe mans friend. : Exhibiting the philosophicall verity of that subtile art, which may inable one with an observant eie, to heare what any man speaks by the moving of his lips. Upon the same ground, with the advantage of an historicall exemplification, apparently proving, that a man borne deafe and dumbe, may be taught to heare the sound of words with his eie, & thence learne to speake with his tongue. By I.B. sirnamed the Chirosopher.
Philocophus: or, The deafe and dumbe mans friend. : Exhibiting the philosophicall verity of that subtile art, which may inable one with an observant eie, to heare what any man speaks by the moving of his lips. Upon the same ground, with the advantage of an historicall exemplification, apparently proving, that a man borne deafe and dumbe, may be taught to heare the sound of words with his eie, & thence learne to speake with his tongue. By I.B. sirnamed the Chirosopher.
Created/published
London : Printed for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard, 1648.
I.B. = John Bulwer. Engraved frontispiece signed: W. Marshall sculpsit. Signatures: pi1 A¹² b⁶ B-I¹².
ESTC staff note
First leaf (pi2?) and engraved frontispiece are not conjugate. Verify the existence of pi1 (probably blank). Signatures from DFo.
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 (2nd ed.), B5469 English short title catalogue (ESTC), R3977
Maroon morocco gilt armorial binding. Provenance: book stamp on pi1v and t.p.: "W * G"; armorial bookplate of William Stirling; with unidentified monogram, arms and motto "forward gang" stamped in gilt on front and back covers
