A concent of Scripture, /
Broughton, Hugh,1549-1612.
Hondius, Jodocus,1563-1612,ill.
Field, Richard,-1624.
Dickson, William Kirk,1860-1949,inscriber.StEdNL
Dodgson, Edward Spencer,1857-1922,donor.StEdNL
Tattersall, Josias,1609,-former owner.StEdNL
[Imprinted at London : [By Richard Watkins] for Gabriell Simson and William White,
[between 1587 and 1591]].
The title page is engraved.
At head of title: Come, and see.
Imprint from colophon.
Printer's name supplied and publication date estimated by STC.
Signatures: pi1 ²pi⁴ A-G⁴ [H]1.
The plates, attributed to Jodocus Hondius the Elder, are: "A map of the earth with names (the most) from Scriptures", double-page; "The kingdomes that ouerruled the holy Ebrewes"; "Babel is a tree"; "The images metalles, in Daniels sight ar beastes" and "Here properly are they named that folow ye head & lion Babel", two images on two pages, printed from a single plate; "The state of Rome: for crucifying our Lorde"; and "A mapp of the north part of the equinoctial", folding, with folding letterpress explanation, "To the reader" (= [H]¹). The latter leaf was printed by Richard Field, 1590? (STC). It and the plates are found in varying order.
Chain lines may be horizontal or vertical.
Leaf F2 has four states, identified by the first word on F2r, third column, line 2 up: (1) "laus"; (2) "is" (F2 is a cancel with chain lines perpendicular to the rest of the gathering); (3) "Archelaus" (F2 is a cancel with chain lines perpendicular to the rest of the gathering); (4) "Archelaus" (F2 is conjugate).
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On the front pastedown there is a manuscript inscription regarding the provenence of the book written by a W. K. Dickson. Tipped in before the title page is a letter from Edward S. Dodgson of Oxford presenting the book to the Advocates' Library. The titlepage is inscribed "Josias Tattersall Ball: Coll:". The recto of the leaf directly after is inscribed "To the Advocates Library in Edinburgh, June 14,1915: Edward S. Dodgson, A.M. of the University of Oxford.". The volume is interleaved with paper of the early 18th century. There are extensive notes on the interleaves about the text in a unidentified hand of the early 18th century. There is another note attached to the inside of the back board which reads "Broughton's Concent of Scripture. Book Auction Records. vol 8, 1910-11, p.197 £3:2:6. vol 9. 1911-12, p.67 £15. vol 10. 1912-13, p.163 £7".
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