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Bibliotheca regia, or, The royal library, containing a collection of such of the papers of His late Maiesty King Charls, the second monarch of Great Britain, as have escaped the wrack and ruines of these times : not extent in the Reliquiæ Carolinæ, or the Exact collection of Edward Husbands. In two books, the first relating to the concernments of the church. The second, unto those of the civil state. With some occasional obervations for the better understanding and coherence of some parts therof
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Bibliotheca regia, or, The royal library, containing a collection of such of the papers of His late Maiesty King Charls, the second monarch of Great Britain, as have escaped the wrack and ruines of these times : not extent in the Reliquiæ Carolinæ, or the Exact collection of Edward Husbands. In two books, the first relating to the concernments of the church. The second, unto those of the civil state. With some occasional obervations for the better understanding and coherence of some parts therof.
Publication
London : printed for Henry Seile, at the Black Boy in Fleet-street, over against St. Dunstans Church, 1659.
Physical Description
[54], 380, [203]-600, [2] pages, [2] leaves of plates : portrait ; 19 cm
Numbering Peculiarities
Many errors in paging.
Corrected collation: 29 p. l., 380 [i.e. 378] p., p. [203]-600 [i.e. 592], [2], incl. engr. front. (port.).
Notes
Added title-page, engr.
Attributed to Peter Heylyn, by Anthony à Wood, who says "Heylin's name is not set to it, but 'tis generally known to be his collection." cf. Ath. Oxon, v. 3, col. 559, where the dates of publication are given as "1649, 50, and 59."
With separate title pages for parts 1 and 2. Part 1 reads: Bibliotheca Regia, or, the royal library .. Part I. Relating to matters of religion, and the concernments of the church. -- Part 2 reads. Bibliotheca regia, or, the royal library, .. Part II. Relating to civil matters, and affairs of Parliament. The signatures for part 1 end with 2B8 and begin part 2 with 2A.
Divisional title page on 2V6: A supplement to the former section containing some of His Maiesties negotiations with his subjects of Scotland, anno 1642, 1643.
With penultimate errata leaf; last leaf is blank.
Signatures: *⁸**⁸A-2b⁸ 2A-4A⁸ 3B⁴.
Portrait and added title-page engraved by Hollar.--cf. Lowndes.
Provenance
Sold at the Strawberry Hill sale, day i, lot 19 (with Arlington, Egmont, and Fraunce), to W.H. Miller, Esq., £18.18.0; Sotheby's, 29 March 1927 (Britwell Court Sale), lot 410, to Quaritch, £3.
Horace Walpole's [?] copy, later owned by W.H. Miller, lacks clear signs of ownership.
Variant and related titles
Royal library
Half-titles of parts: Bibliotheca regia, or, The royal library, containing a second collection ...
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Hazen, A.T. Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, no. 113
English short title catalogue, R24370
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, C2151
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