The marrow of history, or, The pilgrimage of kings and princes : truly representing the variety of dangers inhaerent to their crowns, and the lamentable deaths which many of them, and some of the best of them, have undergone : collected out of the best modern histories, and from all those which have been most famous in the Latine, Greek, or in the Hebrew tougue : shewing, not onely the tragedies of princes at their deaths, but their exploits and sayings in their lives, and by what virtues some of them have flourished in the height of honour, and overcome by what afflictions, others of them have sunk into the depth of all calamities : a work most delightfull for knowledge, and as profitable for example / collected by Lodowick Lloyd ... ; and corrected and revived by R.C. ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lloyd, Lodowick, active 1573-1610.

Contributor:

Codrington, Robert, 1601-1665.

Alsop, Elizabeth, active 1653-1656, printer.

James Tanis Collection of Dutch and German Theology and History (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Pilgrimage of princes

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kings and rulers--Early works to 1800.

Kings and rulers.

Penn Provenance:

Tanis, James, 1928- (former owner)

Popham, Essex (former owner) (inscription)

Johnson, Edward (former owner) (inscription)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 311 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 20 cm (8vo)

Other Title:

Pilgrimage of kings and princes

Fingerprint:

hea- edn- hoi- Sydo (3) 1653 (A)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by E. Alsop ..., 1653.

Notes:

"Originally published as: The pilgrimage of princes."--ESTC.

"In this edition, line 13 of title reads: from all those which have been ..."--ESTC.

Dedication signed: Rob. Codrington.

Colophon within border of type ornaments on leaf 2R4r.

Signatures: A-2R⁴.

"First leaf blank except for signature mark 'A' in woodblock border."--ESTC.

Errors in pagination.

Woodcut initials and factotum.

Type ornament head-pieces and factotums.

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries Tanis Collection copy imperfect: leaf A1 (blank except for signature mark in woodcut border) wanting.

Penn Libraries Tanis Collection copy has some ms. contents notes in pencil on verso of front free endpaper.

Tanis Collection copy acquired for the Penn Libraries from James Tanis.

Penn Libraries Tanis Collection copy has contemporary ms. ownership inscription ("Essex popham her book") of Essex Popham (1642-1667) in brown ink at head of title leaf; partially illegible dated 18th-century ms. ownership inscription ("Edward Johnson's [...] mile End road London 1797") of Edward Johnson at head of title leaf.

Penn Libraries Tanis Collection copy bound in half blind-tooled calf over marbled boards; 5 raised bands on spine; blind-tooled spine panels; title ("LLOYD'S MARROW OF HISTORY") stamped in gold on spine; marbled endpapers; all edges red.

Penn Libraries Tanis Collection copy: left board detached.

Cited in:

ESTC R200989

Wing (2nd ed.) L2660

OCLC:

14628998