Nosce teipsum. : This oracle expounded in two elegies 1. Of humane knowledge. 2. Of the soule of man, and the immortalitie thereof.

Nosce teipsum. : This oracle expounded in two elegies 1. Of humane knowledge. 2. Of the soule of man, and the immortalitie thereof.

London : Printed by Richard Field, for Iohn Standish, 1599.

[4], 64, 85-101, [3] p. ; (4to)

Dedication signed: Iohn Dauies.

In verse.

Leaf A2 missigned A3.

The last leaf is blank.

This edition, the second, has a comma after "Field" in the imprint; caption title, B1r, reads "Of humane knovvledge"; C1v, line 16 has "chance". Variant: containing one of two states of sheets B and/or C of the first edition: B1r caption title reads "Of humane knowledge"; C1v, line 16 has "chaunge" or "chaunce".

Signatures: A² B-L⁴ M².

For further analysis of the problem of variants see Eberle, Gerald J. "Sir John Davies' Nosce teipsum, 1599". Studies in bibliography 1 (1948), p. 135-148.
Signatures from DFo.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 6355.4
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S109379

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 6355.3

HH66/28. Red morocco binding, gold-tooled and signed by Riviere & Son. -Final blank. Provenance: collated by F. S. Ferguson at Quaritch; Harmsworth copy