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Bibliographic Description for Tetrachordon, 1645


Date and Place of Examination:                                               Library Call Number:
May 1999                                               1645 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):
        1645                                                                   Main text in English

3. An exact copy of the title from the title page
        Tetrachordon: / Expositions / upon / The foure chief places in Scripture, / which treat of mariage, or nullities in mariage. / On{ / Gen.1.27.28. compar'd and explain'd by Gen.2.(18.23.24 / Deut.24.1.2 / Matth.5.31.32 with Matth.19. from the 3d.v. to (the 11th. / I.Cor.7. from the 10th to the 15th. wherein the Doctrine and Displine of Divorce, as was / lately publish'd, is confirm'd by explanation of Scrip- . ture, by testimony of ancient Fathers, of civill lawes / in the Primitive Church, of famousest / Reformed Divines, / / And lastly, by an intended Act of the Parlament and / Church of England in the last yeare of / Edward the sixth.

4. The name of the printer and publisher
        n.p.

5. The place of publication
        London

6. Notes on any borders, ornaments or devices on the title page
        4 line quotation (lines 298-301) from Euripedes' Medea in Greek.
        double line border around title

7. The colophon (The printer's information at the end of the book)
        none

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

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)
        A-O
        98 pp.

11. Notes on the binding
        rebound in boards; severely cut down, sometimes into running header

12. Notes on illustrations, if any
        6 line initial T in the "Letter to Parlament"
        Fleur de lis above "Letter to Parlament"
        9 line initial I on p. 41/34
        Decorative border on top of p. 41/34

13. History of ownership (if known), description of annotations, and other notes
        front past down: "1st Edition £ 12.00"
        Page numeration resumes using "34" for what should be p. 41. This is at the break from the Old Testament section to the New Testament section.
        Errata list at end, p. 98




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