Speculum mundi. Or, A glass representing the face of the world. : Shewing both that it did begin, and must also end: the manner how, and the time when, being largely examined. The whole of which, may be fitly called an hexameron. Or discourse of the clauses, continuance, and qualities of things in nature, occasioned as matter pertinent to the work done in the six days of the worlds creation. The fourth edition, much beautified and enlarged, by John Swan.
1670
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Speculum mundi. Or, A glass representing the face of the world. : Shewing both that it did begin, and must also end: the manner how, and the time when, being largely examined. The whole of which, may be fitly called an hexameron. Or discourse of the clauses, continuance, and qualities of things in nature, occasioned as matter pertinent to the work done in the six days of the worlds creation. The fourth edition, much beautified and enlarged, by John Swan.
Created/published
London : Printed by J[ohn]. R[edmayne]. for John Williams, 1670.
Description
[8], 96, 95-246, 245-356, 355-485, [1] p. ; (4to)
Associated name
Swan, John, -1671, author.
Note
Printer's name from Wing CD.
Text continuous despite pagination.
Text continuous despite pagination.
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), S6240
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R3186
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R3186
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Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
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S6240
Folger-specific note
cs9. Half sprinkled calf binding. Imperfect: lacking leaf 2E4. With a bookseller's catalogue entry for this copy pasted on back paste-down. Manuscript notes and markings. Provenance: inscriptions on t.p.: "At an Auction [?] S. [Sarah] Langley / Feb: 18th 17[?]0" (cf. dated inscription on tail of t.p.: "Sarah Langley's ŜeniorB̂ook, 1791"); "W[.] Richardson / 1840"