The history of the Royal-Society of London, for the improving of natural knowledge. By Tho. Sprat

All titles

• The history of the Royal-Society of London, for the improving of natural knowledge. By Tho. Sprat
• History of the Royal Society of London

People / Organizations

• Thomas Sprat (Author)

Imprint

London : printed by T[homas]. R[oycroft]. for J. Martyn at the Bell without Temple-bar, and J. Allestry at the Rose and Crown in Duck-lane, printers to the Royal Society, MDCLXVII. [1667]

Added name

Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667.; Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, engraver.

Publication year

1667

ESTC No.

R16577

Grub Street ID

64401

Description

[14], 438, [2] p., [3] folded leaves of plates : coat of arms, diagrams ; 4°.

Note

Printer's name from Wing CD

Imprimatur on leaf [superscript pi]A1r: Let this book, ... be printed. Will. Morrice

"To the Royal society", a poem by Abraham Cowley: 5th-7th prelim. leaves

The edition of this work by Jackson I. Cope and Harold Whitemore Jones (1958, p.ix) speaks of large-paper copies, which had a frontispiece by Wenceslaus Hollar showing a bust of Charles II. It is presumed that all copies have the illustration of the Royal Society coat of arms on the half-title verso plus the two diagrammatic plates. Thus, copies can have either two or three plates. The existence of different-sized copies needs to be verified. The Huntington copy with the Charles II plate is no different in other respects

With a final errata leaf

Signatures: [superscript pi]A-B]4] A-3I]4

In some copies the leaves of plates are not folded.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures from DFo