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Bibliographic Description for Angli pro Populo Anglicano Defensio, 1652


Date and Place of Examination:                                               Library Call Number:
May, 1999, Pitts Theological Library                                               1652 MILT
Emory University, Atlanta Georgia


1. The purpose of the description
        To document Emory's holdings of Milton materials and to make them available electronically.

2. The date of the book                                                                   Language(s):
        1652                                                                   Latin

3. An exact copy of the title from the title page
        Ioannis Miltoni / Angli / Pro Populo Anglicano / Defensio, / contra claudii anonymi, alias Salmasii / Defensionem Regiam

4. The name of the printer and publisher
        Typis Du Gardianis

5. The place of publication
        London

6. Notes on any borders, ornaments or devices on the title page
        Dual shield, cross and harp with eagle head

7. The colophon (The printer's information at the end of the book)
        CHECK

8. Format (folio, quarto, and so on)
        CHECK

9. Measurements: Overall dimensions of the paper, the dimensions of the printed text, and the number of lines on a text page
       

10. Collation (A list of the signatures which mark each gathering, number of pages per gathering, and total number of pages)
        A2, B-E, E2-E6, F, G, H (leaves individually collated within gatherings)

11. Notes on the binding
        Rebound in leather; new pastedowns

12. Notes on illustrations, if any
        Nine line initial T in preface and so on for every chapter. Decorative borders at top of preface and chapter one.

13. History of ownership (if known), description of annotations, and other notes
        Some staining, smudges; no annotations except for upside-down "I C" on top right corner of title page.
       
       




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