The key to vnknowne knovvledge. Or, A shop of fiue windowes : which if you doe open, to cheapen and copen, you will be vnwilling, for many a shilling, to part with the profit, that you shall haue of it. Consisting of fiue necessarie treatises: Namely, 1 The iudgement of vrines. 2 Iudiciall rules of physike. 3 Questions of oyles. 4 Opinions for curing of harquebush-shot. 5 A discourse of humane nature.
1599
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Title
The key to vnknowne knovvledge. Or, A shop of fiue windowes : which if you doe open, to cheapen and copen, you will be vnwilling, for many a shilling, to part with the profit, that you shall haue of it. Consisting of fiue necessarie treatises: Namely, 1 The iudgement of vrines. 2 Iudiciall rules of physike. 3 Questions of oyles. 4 Opinions for curing of harquebush-shot. 5 A discourse of humane nature.
Created/published
London : Printed by Adam Islip for Edward White, and are to be sold at his shop at the little north dore of Poules, at the signe of the Gun, 1599.
Description
[200] p. ; 18 cm (4to)
Note
"'A discourse of humane nature'", a supposed work of Hippocrates, is from the French translation by Juan de Bourges, with his interpretations"--Folger catalogue.
The words "1 The iudgement .. nature." are bracketed together on the title page.
Signatures: A-O⁴ ²C⁴ ²B-L⁴. Variant has N1 and N3 missigned A and A3.
Quire ²B is in two settings: ²B1r line 2 from bottom has (1) "detained & kept" or (2) "detained and kept".
The words "1 The iudgement .. nature." are bracketed together on the title page.
Signatures: A-O⁴ ²C⁴ ²B-L⁴. Variant has N1 and N3 missigned A and A3.
Quire ²B is in two settings: ²B1r line 2 from bottom has (1) "detained & kept" or (2) "detained and kept".
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 14946
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S107958
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S107958
Genre/form
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Call number
STC 14946 copy 1
Folger-specific note
Variant. Setting 1. T.p. torn at bottom right corner and repaired; copy stained. Provenance: bookplate of Arthur Dalrymple (motto 'firm'); brief description of this copy from a bookseller's catalogue is clipped and pasted to front free endpaper; bought by Folger in 1903 from Pickering & Chatto Catalogue Pt. 3:3097
Folger accession
cs224
Former call number
STC 14946
Call number
STC 14946 copy 2
Folger-specific note
Variant. Setting 2. Unbound, within a case. Manuscript notes in margins, cropped; a few manuscript markings: underscoring. T.p. torn at fore-edge, affecting a few letters in title and imprint; hole in leaf ³C2, affecting text and catchword; last leaf torn at head, affecting running title; copy stained and frayed. Provenance: Sotheby sale, April 18, 1904:984
Folger accession
cs289
Former call number
STC 14946.2