The last battell of the sovle in death, : diuided into eight co[n]ferences. 1. volume. VVhereby are showne the diuerse skirmishes that are betweene the soule of man on his death-bedde, and the enemies of our saluation. /
Boyd, Zacharie,1585?-1653.
Smart, William,approximately 1649-1715,former owner.StEdNL: H.36.f.8
Robertson, William.active 1700?,former owner.StEdNL: Ry.II.h.22
Laing, David,1793-1878,former owner.StEdNL: Ry.II.h.21
Ellis & Elvey (Firm),associated name.StEdNL: Ry.II.h.21
Printed at Edinburgh, : By the heires of Andro Hart.,
1629..
A two volume reissue of the one volume 1628 edition, with title page cancelled and new preliminaries added for each volume.
The pagination above reflects physical volume division after day 5, but copies vary in the placement of the volume 2 preliminaries. From day 6, pagination has even numbers on rectos.
Signatures: A⁸(-A1+[par.]⁸ 2[par.]⁴) B-2E⁸ 2F⁸(±2F3) 2G-2Z⁸ 3A⁸(-3A7,8); *-2*⁸ 3*²(3*1+chi1) (+3A7,8) 3B-4K⁸ 4L⁴.
Leaf A1 of volume 1 bears the title of the 1628 edition.
Includes errata leaf.
Variant: with an additional bifolium *² of Latin verse to Charles I et al. in the preliminaries to vol. 1.
Aldis, H.G. Scotland,
STC (2nd ed.)
ESTC
Initials P B stamped into front and back boards. Inscriptions on recto of second front flyleaf: Ex libris Gul: Smart [and] Emptus ... 1671. Inscription on verso of rear flyleaf: hunc mihi si forsan contingat perdere librum comprecor ut proprio restituatur [sic] hero i.e. Gulielmos Smart. A slightly different version of this inscription also appears on recto of second front flyleaf. Greek inscription on recto of rear endpaper.
Label on front pastedown: From Dr. Laing's Library. Sale catalogue cutting on front pastedown: Bought at the Laing Sale, December, 1879, for 52l. 10s. Pencil note on verso of front free endpaper: Ellis sale 1885.
Late 17th/early 18th? century inscription on title page: Gul: Robertson.
With clasps and printer's waste from another copy used as pastedowns. Verso of leaf 3Q1visible at front and recto of leaf 3Q4 at back.
Sick
Death