Cabala, sive, Scrinia sacra : mysteries of state & government in letters of illustrious persons, and great agents in the reigns of Henry the Eighth, Queen Elizabeth, K. James, and the late King Charls : in two parts, in which the secrets of Empire and publique manage of affairs are contained : with many remarkable passages no where else published.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bedell, Gabriel, -1668, bookseller.

Collins, Thomas, active 1650-1682, bookseller.

Swift's Library and Reading Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Cabala, sive, Scrinia sacra.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603--Sources.

Great Britain.

Europe.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1485-1603.

Politics and government.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1603-1649.

Europe--History--1517-1648--Sources.

Statesmen--Great Britain--Correspondence.

Statesmen.

Genre:

Sources.

Correspondence.

Advertisements -- England -- London -- 17th century.

Penn Provenance:

Vienken, Heinz J. (honoree)

Elias, Susan Homans (honoree)

Physical Description:

16 unnumbered pages, 347 pages, 21 unnumbered pages; 12 unnumbered pages, 355, that is, 255 pages, 9 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm (4to)

Other Title:

Cabala

Scrinia sacra

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for G. Bedel and T. Collins ..., 1654.

Notes:

Each part has special t.p., separate pagination and signatures. Part 1.: Cabala, mysteries of state, in letters of the great ministers of K. James and K. Charles. Wherein much of the publique manage of affaires is related. Faithfully collected by a Noble Hand; pt. 2: Scrinia Sacra; secrets of empire, in letters of illustrious persons. A supplement of the Cabala. In which business of the same quality and grandeur is contained, with many famous passages of the late reigns of K. Henry & Q. Elizabeth, K. James and K. Charls.

General title page and t.p. for part 2 are printed in red and black.

Part 2 "The stationers to the reader" signed: G.B. and T.C., i.e. Gabriel Bedell and Thomas Collins.

Part 1 was originally issued separately in 1653 (Wing C183).

Signatures: part 1: A⁸ B-2X⁴ 2Y⁶ 2Z², ²2A⁴; part 2: A⁴ a² B-X⁴ 2A⁴ 2B² 2C-2L⁴.

Page number 255 on 5th count, misnumbered 355.

Page numbers 161 to 180 on 5th count, omitted in sequence.

Title pages within woodcut borders; woodcut device, initials, head-pieces.

Errata on part 2: p. [8], 4th count.

Includes indexes at end of each part.

Advertisements at end of part 1.

Local Notes:

This title is part of The Library and Reading of Jonathan Swift: a Partial Replication, a collection given to the University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library in 2005 in memory of Susan Homans Elias and in honor of the late Heinz J. Vienken.

Cited in:

Wing (2nd ed., 1994), C184

Gibson, R.W. Francis Bacon, 322

ESTC R21971

OCLC:

228675282