A discourse concerning prodigies: wherein the vanity of presages by them is reprehended, and their true and proper ends asserted and vindicated. The second edition corrected and inlarged. To which is added a short treatise concerning vulgar prophecies. By John Spencer, B.D. Fellow of Corpus Christi Colledg in Camdridge.
John Spencer (1630-1693)
Category
Books
Date
1665
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3086120
Summary
Bibliographic description
[32], 408, [8], 136, [8] p. ; 8vo. Running number: 4249. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]; with Mitchell's manuscript code at foot of leaf: "α'." [i.e. alpha' = Greek number 1]. Manuscript code in pencil at head of title page: "R.2". Binding: seventeenth-century sheepskin; double blind fillet border, with quarter double blind fillet; blind roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title 'Spencers prodigies' on red leather label. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
John Spencer (1630-1693)