The optick glasse of humors or The touchstone of a golden temperature, or the Philosophers stone to make a golden temper. : Wherein the foure complections sanguine, cholericke, phligmaticke, melancholicke are succinctly painted forth and their externall intimates laid open to the purblind eye of ignorance it selfe, by which euery one may iudge, of what complection he is, and answerably learne what is most sutable to his nature. By T.W. Master of Artes.
1639
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Title
The optick glasse of humors or The touchstone of a golden temperature, or the Philosophers stone to make a golden temper. : Wherein the foure complections sanguine, cholericke, phligmaticke, melancholicke are succinctly painted forth and their externall intimates laid open to the purblind eye of ignorance it selfe, by which euery one may iudge, of what complection he is, and answerably learne what is most sutable to his nature. By T.W. Master of Artes.
Created/published
London : Printed for [and by] I[ohn] D[awson] and are to be sould by L B[laiklock] at ye Suger loafe in fleetstreete next temple barr, 1639.
Description
[24], 168, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; (8vo)
Associated name
Note
T.W. = Thomas Walkington.
Partly in verse.
Title page is engraved.
Printer's and bookseller's names from STC.
Running title reads: The glasse of humors.
Last leaf is blank.
Signatures: pi1 [par.]⁸ A-L⁸.
Partly in verse.
Title page is engraved.
Printer's and bookseller's names from STC.
Running title reads: The glasse of humors.
Last leaf is blank.
Signatures: pi1 [par.]⁸ A-L⁸.
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), 24969
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S119402
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S119402
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 24969 copy 1
Folger-specific note
HH212/27. The engraved plate is bound between leaves F1 and F2. MS. markings. Bound in blind-tooled old sheep, with false spine panels. Provenance: inscribed on t.p.: "Liber [?]gidij Primnell"; Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 24969 copy 2
Folger-specific note
cs10. The engraved plate is bound at the beginning. Wanting the blank leaf. MS. markings. The engraved leaves are repaired at the spine fold, affecting some of the text and image. Provenance: inscribed on verso of t.p.: "Jo: Gorges (?)"; Folger purchase from Sotheby sale, March 25, 1898, lot 1334
Call number
STC 24969 copy 3
Folger-specific note
cs175. The engraved plate is bound at the beginning. Wanting the blank leaf. With two booksellers' catalogue entries for other copies tipped to front fly-leaf. MS. markings. Cropped, affecting side-notes. Provenance: armorial bookplate of John Ormsby (motto "fortis qui prudens")