Certaine secrete wonders of nature : containing a descriptio[n] of sundry strange things, seming monstrous in our eyes and iudgement, bicause we are not priuie to the reasons of them. Gathered out of diuers learned authors as well Greeke as Latine, sacred as prophane. By E. Fenton. Seene and allowed according to the order appointed.
1569
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Title
Certaine secrete wonders of nature : containing a descriptio[n] of sundry strange things, seming monstrous in our eyes and iudgement, bicause we are not priuie to the reasons of them. Gathered out of diuers learned authors as well Greeke as Latine, sacred as prophane. By E. Fenton. Seene and allowed according to the order appointed.
Uniform title
Histoires prodigieuses extraictes de plusiers fameux auteurs grecs & latins. English
Created/published
Imprinted at London : By Henry Bynneman dwelling in Knightrider streat, at the signe of the Mermaid, Anno. 1569.
Description
[6], 148 leaves : ill. ; 19 cm (4to)
Associated name
Boaistuau, Pierre, -1566, author.
Fenton, Edward.
Fenton, Edward.
Note
In fact a translation by Fenton of: Boaistuau, Pierre. Histoires prodigieuses extraictes de plusiers fameux auteurs grecs & latins.
Imprimatur at foot of title page: Cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum.
Running title reads: Histories of wonderfull secretes in nature.
Formerly STC 10787.
Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁴ *² A-2O⁴.
Identified as STC 10787 on UMI microfilm.
Stationers' register: Entered 1568-69.
Imprimatur at foot of title page: Cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum.
Running title reads: Histories of wonderfull secretes in nature.
Formerly STC 10787.
Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁴ *² A-2O⁴.
Identified as STC 10787 on UMI microfilm.
Stationers' register: Entered 1568-69.
ESTC staff note
Signatures: from DFo.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2004. Voices for Tolerance in an Age of Persecution (catalog entry 37)
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), 3164.5
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S105563
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S105563
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 3164.5
Folger-specific note
cs545. Manuscript notes. Very imperfect: wanting [superscript pi]A1(t.p.) and 4, A1, A4-C1, C4, D4, F1-F4, H1-H3, I1-I4, K2-K3, gatherings M, O, Q, and S, sigs. V1-Y4, 2A1, 2A4-2C1, 2G4, 2H1, 2M2-2O4: all supplied in photostat from the Huntington copy. Sig. H4 misbound after K1; unsigned leaf inserted after X3; many leaves torn and taped; stained and frayed. (Update: Conserved 2004. See FMP 979456) Provenance: inscriptions on L3v and 2I4v: 'John Byshop'
Former call number
STC 10787