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Nosce teipsum. : This oracle expounded in two elegies. 1. Of humane knowledge. 2. Of the soule of man, and the immortalitie thereof. Hymnes of Astraea in acrosticke verse. Orchestra, or, A poeme of dauncing. In a dialogue betweene Penelope, and one of her wooers. Not finished.

Davies, John, Sir, 1569-1626, author.; Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.; McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899, former owner.; Mitford, John, 1781-1859, former owner.; Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.; Davies, John, Sir, 1569-1626. Hymnes of Astraea.; Davies, John, Sir, 1569-1626. Orchestra.; Huth Library, former owner.
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Title
Nosce teipsum. : This oracle expounded in two elegies. 1. Of humane knowledge. 2. Of the soule of man, and the immortalitie thereof. Hymnes of Astraea in acrosticke verse. Orchestra, or, A poeme of dauncing. In a dialogue betweene Penelope, and one of her wooers. Not finished.
Uniform title
Works. Selections
Created/published
London : Printed by Augustine Mathewes for Richard Hawkins, and are to be sold at his shop in Chancery Lane, neere Serieants Inne, 1622.
Description
[4], 81, [81] p. ; (8vo)
Associated name
Davies, John, Sir, 1569-1626, author.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899, former owner.
Mitford, John, 1781-1859, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Davies, John, Sir, 1569-1626. Hymnes of Astraea.
Davies, John, Sir, 1569-1626. Orchestra.
Huth Library, former owner.
Note
Dedication signed: Iohn Dauies.

In verse.

"Hymnes of Astraea, in acrosticke verse" and "Orchestra" each have separate dated title pages; register is continuous.

The last leaf is blank.

General title page has "ORCHESTRA,"; L3r contains errata. Variant 1: title page has "Orchestra." Variant 2: L3r lacks errata.

Signatures: A⁸(-A1) B-K⁸ L⁴.

Identified as STC 6359a on UMI microfilm reel 780.
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo.
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), 6359
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S109384
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
STC 6359 copy 1
Folger-specific note
Smedley. Variant 1. Red morocco binding, gold-tooled and signed by Riviere & Son. -Last blank. Provenance: bookplates of G. Walter Steeves and W.T. Smedley
Call number
STC 6359 copy 2
Folger-specific note
HH66/30. Variant 1. Provenance: inscription on t.p.: "John Aston"; Tixall library copy; Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 6359.2 copy 1
Folger-specific note
cs100. Manuscript notes on front free endpaper signed by A. Dalrymple. -Last blank. Provenance: inscription on front free endpaper: "Mitford. 1834" [John Mitford]; bookplate of Thomas Jefferson McKee; bought by Folger at Anderson sale of Frank Maier library, 21 October 1902:47
Call number
STC 6359.2 copy 2
Folger-specific note
HH66/31. Blue morocco binding, gold-tooled and signed by W. Pratt. -Last blank. Provenance: bookplates of John Arthur Brooke and Huth Library; Sotheby sale of John Arthur Brooke library, 25 May 1921:400; Harmsworth copy

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