A dialogue philosophicall : wherein natures secret closet is opened and the cause of all motion in nature shewed out of matter and forme, tending to mount mans minde from nature to supernaturall and celestiall promotion : and how all things exist in the number of three : together with the wittie inuention of an artificiall perpetuall motion, presented to the Kings most excellent Maiestie : all which are discoursed between two speakers, Philadelph and Theophrast / brought together by Thomas Tymme ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tymme, Thomas, -1620.

Contributor:

Drebbel, Cornelis, 1572?-1633.

Snodham, Thomas, -1625, printer.

Knight, Clement, active 1594-1630, bookseller.

STC Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Early works to 1800.

Science.

Philosophy of nature--Early works to 1800.

Philosophy of nature.

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 72 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm (4to)

Other Title:

Dialogve philosophicall

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by T.S. for Clement Knight ..., 1612.

Notes:

T.S. is Thomas Snodham. Cf. STC.

Signatures: A-K⁴.

Woodcuts: title vignette, initials, head-pieces and illustrations.

Printed marginalia.

Variant 1: the title has "PHILOSOPHICALL" printed in upper case italics. Variant 2: the "P" of "Philosophicall" in the title printed in upper case italics and the rest of the word in lower case italics. Cf. ESTC.

"The 'wittie inuention of an artificiall perpetuall motion' is by Cornelis Drebbel."--ESTC.

Identified as Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 2170:04 on UMI microfilm.

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries copy is variant 2 with the "P" of "Philosophicall" in the title printed in upper case italics and the rest of the word in lower case italics.

Cited in:

STC (2nd ed.) 24416

ESTC S95612

OCLC:

57676178