De mirabilibus pecci
Subtitle: being the wonders of the peak in Darby-shire, commonly called the Devil's Arse of Peak : in English and Latine
By: The Latine written by Thomas Hobbes of Malmsbury. The English by a Person of quality
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 634:7
Publisher: Printed for William Crook at the Green Dragon without Temple-Bar
Published: 1678
Place of publication: London
Language: lat; eng
Translated from: lat
Number of pages: 85
Subjects: Poetry; Early works to 1800; Description and travel
Work titles: De mirabilibus pecci
Notes: Title within a ruled border.

"Licensed: Septemb. 3d. 1677. Rog. L'estrange." --A1 verso.

Collation: A-F⁸ [$4 (-F3, -F4) signed; F8 blank]

Errors in pagination: pages 82-83 numbered 84-85.

Bookseller's advertisement, p. [2]-[8] p. at end.

Type ornaments.

Poem based on Hobbes' tour of the Derbyshire Peak District in August 1627 --cf. Oxford DNB.

First published in Latin in 1627(?) (STC 13537); this is the 1st edition in English.

Early English books versions are reproductions of original in Huntington Library.

Wing (2nd ed.) H2224

English and Latin on opposite pages.

Bequest of Henry N. Ess, 2000.

Bookseller's code on title page, above imprint.