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Manchester al mondo : contemplatio mortis, & immortalitatis.

Manchester, Henry Montagu, Earl of, 1563?-1642, author.; Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
1638
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Title
Manchester al mondo : contemplatio mortis, & immortalitatis.
Uniform title
Contemplatio mortis, et immortalitis
Edition
The fourth impression much inlarged.
Created/published
London : Printed by John Haviland, for Francis Constable, and are to be sold at his shop under St. Martines Church at Ludgate, 1638.
Description
[2], 209 p. ; (12mo)
Associated name
Manchester, Henry Montagu, Earl of, 1563?-1642, author.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Note
Signatures: A-I¹2 (signatures I11-I12 blank, except for writing in ms.).

Imperfect: faded; pages 45-46 (signature B12) lacking.

Format from STC.

Unedited record.
ESTC staff note
DFo jre: 12⁰; pag: ...[5] p.; edit sig statement: A-I¹²; last two leaves blank (Folger copy lacking); engr. title page (? Folger copy also lacking)
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), 18028
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S1590
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
STC 18028
Folger-specific note
HH146/15. Lacking blanks. Manuscript notes. G5 poorly inked, affecting text. Rebound; previously bound in sprinkled calf. Provenance: inscription on front fly-leaf: "W. A. Flowerdew of Gray [?]"; inscription on front free end-paper: "E[dward]. Gordon Duff"; Sotheby's Duff sale, 17 March 1925, lot 567; Harmsworth copy

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