Scarron, Paul. Dom Japhet d’Arménie: Comédie (Paris: A. Courbé, 1659)
Sotheby’s 1856 lot 157.
Unlocated.
Tag: 1650s
Robins, Thomas. The sinners warning-piece, or, Heavens messenger : instructing poor sinners in the way of repentance in these dangerous times, with many good instructions to every true Christian to take heed of seducing people, meaning such as will call themselves Christ (London : Printed for S[arah] Tyus, at the sign of the three Bibles on the middle of London-bridge, ca. 1650)
Sotheby’s 1856 lot 150. STC R219700.
British Library 4474.a.47. Located by Arnold Hunt.
Price, Laurence. Fortunes lottery, or, A book of news worth the hearing : containing many pretty passages concerning the times which will prove to be delightfull to the readers, pleasant to the hearer, comfortable to the buyer, profitable to the seller, and hurtfull to no man (London : Printed for Thomas Vere at the Angel without Newgate, 1657)
Sotheby’s 1856 lot 143. STC R36689.
Huntington 51804. Located by Paul Morgan.
Sprint, John. The Christians sword and buckler, or, A letter sent by Doctor Sprint, to a man seven years grievously afflicted in conscience, and fearfully troubled in minde : very comfortable and commodious to withstand the assaults of Satan (London : Printed by E.G. for G. Edwards, and are to be sold at his house in Greene Arbor, at the signe of the Angel, 1650)
Sotheby’s 1856 lot 137. STC R221807.
British Library Cup.408.d.8.[13]. Located by Paul Morgan.
Plat, Hugh. The Garden of Eden, or, An accurate description of all flowers and fruits now growing in England, with particular rules how to advance their nature and growth, as well in seeds and herbs, as the secret ordering of trees and plants (London : Printed for William Leake, at the Crown in Fleetstreet betwixt the Two Temple Gates, 1654)
Sotheby’s 1856 lot 138. STC R33966.
Unlocated. NOTE: Copies at Cambridge University Library, the Hunt Institute, and the British Library do not bear any provenance related to the 1856 Wolferstan library sale. ESTC erroneously lists a copy at the Sutro Library in California, but a librarian confirmed in 2017 that no record of the book exists in “the California State Library’s Online Catalog, the California State Library’s pre-1960 card catalog, the Online Archives of California, WorldCat and the National Union Catalog pre-1956.”
Frances Wolfreston Hor Bouks 