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Contemplatio mortis, et immortalitatis.

Manchester, Henry Montagu, Earl of, 1563?-1642, author.; Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.; Barker, Robert, -1645, printer.
1631
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Title
Contemplatio mortis, et immortalitatis.
Created/published
Imprinted at London : By Robert Barker .., and by the assignes of Iohn Bill, 1631.
Description
[2], 147 p. ; (12mo)
Associated name
Manchester, Henry Montagu, Earl of, 1563?-1642, author.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Barker, Robert, -1645, printer.
Note
Attributed to Henry Montagu by STC (2nd ed.) and NUC pre-1956 imprints.

Signatures: A¹²(-A1) B-F¹² G⁶.

Error in paging: p. 61 misnumbered 56.

Format from STC.

Unedited record.
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo. DFo jre: 12⁰; pag: [2], 147, [5] p.; last two leaves are blank; verses on A2v are signed R.B.; Folger catalogue says first leaf blank except for sig. mark 'A', can you verify?
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), 18024
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S453
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
STC 18024
Folger-specific note
HH146/13. Manuscript shelf-mark. Limp vellum binding with gilt tooled panels and stylized thistle centerpieces. Provenance: inscription on front paste-down: "Stephen Mercer His Book...Kent"; inscription on back paste-down: "Jane Mercer Her Book"; manuscript note on G5r: "Stephen Mercer Not Her Book..."; pencilled inscription on front paste-down: "E[dward]. Gordon Duff"; Gordon Duff sale, 17 March 1925, lot 566; Harmsworth copy

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