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Ravvleigh his ghost, or, A feigned apparition of Syr VValter Rawleigh, to a friend of his, for the translating into English, the booke of Leonard Lessius (that most learned man) : entituled, De prouidentia muminis, & animi immortalitate : written against atheists, and polititians of these dayes / translated by A.B.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Collection BD555 .L5 1631
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lessius, Leonardus, 1554-1623.
- Standardized Title:
- De providentia numinis et animi immortalitate. English
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Providence and government of God.
- Soul--Christianity.
- Soul.
- God--Proof--Early works to 1800.
- God.
- Immortality--Early works to 1800.
- Immortality.
- God--Proof.
- Penn Provenance:
- Yeats, William (autograph) (Furness copy)
- Physical Description:
- 16 unnumbered pages, 457, that is, 447 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 16 cm (8vo)
- Other Title:
- Rawleigh his ghost, or a feigned apparition of Syr Walter Rawleigh
- Feigned apparition of Syr Walter Rawleigh
- Fingerprint:
- ryuy 1.3. heir anwh (3) 1631 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- [Saint-Omer] : [G. Seutin? Permissu superiorum], MDCXXXI [1631]
- Notes:
- Pages 442, 443, 446 and 447 paginated as 452, 453, 456 and 457 respectively.
- An English translation, possibly by Jesuit Edward Knott (pseudonym of Matthew Wilson), of: De providentia numinis, et animi immortalitate by Lessius (Lenaert Leys) Flemish Jesuit and professor of theology at Louvain.
- Translator suggested by STC.
- Place of publication and suggested printer from STC.
- Signatures: *⁸ A-2E⁸.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- Furness copy in panelled calf binding with contrasting red morocco lettering piece.
- Furness copy inscribed: Ex bib. de William Yeats.
- Cited in:
- STC (2nd ed) 15523
- Allison & Rogers. Catholic books, 460
- ESTC S102372
- OCLC:
- 56381192
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