The blessed birth-day : celebrated in some religious meditations on the angels anthem. Luc. 2. 14. Also holy transportations in contemplating some of the most obserueable adiuncts about our Saviours nativity. Extracted for the most part out of the sacred Scriptures, ancient fathers, Christian poets. And some moderne approved authors. By Charles Fitz-Geffry

    Item Description
    Call number
    STC 10936 Bd.w. STC 22352
    Created/published
    Oxford : Imprinted by Leonard Lichfield printer to the Vniversity, and are to be sold by Edward Forrest, Anno Dom. 1636
    Place of creation
    Date
    1636
    Note(s)
    Reference citation note: Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 10936
    Reference citation note: Madan, F. Oxford books, I, p. 190
    Reference citation note: English short title catalogue (ESTC), S119251
    Copy note: cs0532. The frontispiece is bound after the title leaf. Manuscript notes and markings. On *1v, manuscript verse beginning: "Goe little booke noe longer mine / Waite on my dearest Valentine ..." Circular manuscript (sale?) label ('873') on front turn-in. Some edges are untrimmed. Bound in contemporary gilt-tooled calfskin; printed waste (with Latin text from an unidentified source) and manuscript waste paste-downs (three fragments of waste have been removed and separately housed); re-backed; repaired by Folger Library; stored in a case. Bound with (and preceding): Shakespeare, William. The rape of Lucrece. London, 1632. Provenance: gilt initials of 'S D' on front and back covers; inscribed following manuscript verse on *1v: "Jo: Drew." (see also Latin poem on back fly-leaf) ; book-label of B. Day; George Steevens copy (MS. note, partially mutilated, on front fly-leaf: "Steevens ..."); Richard Heber copy; Britwell Court copy (with the Britwell shelf-mark: 30.B.10.)
    Extent
    15 cm (8vo)
    Associated name(s)
    Former owner: Britwell Library
    Subject(s)
    Rights
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    https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/