The castle of knowledge.

The castle of knowledge.

[Imprinted at London] : [By Reginalde Wolfe], [anno Domini, 1556]

[16], 286, [2] p. : ill. (woodcuts), tables ; (fol.)

Dedication signed: Roberte Recorde.

Imprint from colophon.

Signatures: a⁸, A-Z⁶, &⁶.

Last leaf bears errata and colophon.

Entered to W. Norton 6 April 1577.

Signatures from DFo.

Copy 1. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2000. Fortune (catalog entry 91). Opening: title page.
Copy 1. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2010. Lost at Sea. Opening: title page.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 20796
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S115662

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 20796 copy 1

HH176/25. Manuscript notes on t.p.: "Printed. 1556" and on p. 283; manuscript markings throughout (underscoring, manicules); trimmed, affecting manuscript on p. 283. Rebound in half goatskin at Folger, 17 April 1962. Provenance: Harmsworth copy

STC 20796 copy 2

Imperfect: wanting leaf a8. Manuscript notes to p.60 and final p.; t.p. mounted on a stub; paper flaw, affecting text, pp.85-86. Pencil note to paste-down refers to 2 laid-in portraits of Queen Mary and Reginald Pole, now removed and reclassified as Folger Art File M393.2 no.2 and Folger Art File P763.2 no.1. Provenance: inscribed on t.p.: "Thomas Blandy. cost me Second hand 4d"; bought by Folger in 1905 from Arthur Reader, bookseller, cat. 355:450

cs316

STC 20796 copy 3

cs53. Imperfect: wanting t.p. and leaf a8. Leaves a2 and a3 mended; leaf O2 torn, affecting text; manuscript notes, pp. [7] (preface), 123, 143; manuscript title on fore-edge. Bound in old calf rebacked. Provenance: bought by Folger from William George's Sons, booksellers, cat. 233:482