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Brigham Young University BYU ScholarsArchive Faculty Publications 2009-05-01 A Pilgrimage Through English History and Culture (A-E) Gary P. Gillum [email protected] Susan Wheelwright O'Connor Alexa Hysi Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub Part of the English Language and Literature Commons BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Gillum, Gary P.; O'Connor, Susan Wheelwright; and Hysi, Alexa, "A Pilgrimage Through English History and Culture (A-E)" (2009). Faculty Publications. 13. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/13 This Other is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. A Pilgrimage Through English History and Culture An Annotated Bibliography of Books Printed in England before 1700 & Housed in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections HAROLD B. LEE LIBRARY Compiled by Gary P. Gillum, Susan Wheelwright O’Connor, and Alexa Hysi ∪ Provo: Harold B. Lee Library 1976, 2005, 2009 Introduction Many contemporary historians wince at expressions which refer to cycles in the history of man, but the study and close examination of these English titles reveals a life much like our own in almost every way, and demonstrate that although man had ‘improved’ his environment, living and technology, man himself has changed very little. King James I was writing about the evils of tobacco, lawyers discussed the harm of drinking, doctors attempted to find cures for cancer and venereal diseases, moralists preached about social amenities and the avoidance of immorality, ministers bickered amongst themselves about the advantages and disadvantages of one religion over another, a monk wrote about the fashions of the day– bare shoulders and naked breasts– and women demanded breast-feeding and the right to be heard in church or pub. The rye house, gunpowder and popish plots were the political scandals of the seventeenth century, and gardeners were showing townspeople how to care for trees and gardens. Scientists and astrologers wondered about the man-in-the-moon, and Isaac Newton began his scientific studies which would eventually change everyone’s way of life– for a time. Quakers and puritans spoke of the second coming ‘any day’ and about the religious bigotries and persecutions of the day, while other religionists disputed the image of god, a pre-existent life, and apostasy from the basic truths of first-century Christianity. Thus, a clearer picture of 17th century English history emerges, indicating without doubt that perhaps our life today contains most of the elements of life three-hundred years ago in England. Originally, a large percentage of the books and pamphlets whose entries are listed herein belonged to a collection of English history and culture collected and owned by Frank and Edith Sanders of England. The 2,916 titles were purchased through John Howell books of San Francisco for the Brigham Young University library in 1969 and 1970. After they were searched bibliographically by this compiler to correct both historical and bibliographical errors as well as to indicate information for cataloging, the director of collection development in the library, A. Dean Larsen, suggested that a bibliography might be compiled utilizing the Sanders collection as a core. Thus, after almost three years of part-time effort on behalf of such a bibliography, the work has come to fruition. The purpose of this bibliography is to make known and available primary source material housed in the Brigham Young University library, all of which have great potential for research in science, religion, culture, history and many other fields. After discussions with BYU historians and researchers members the year 1700 was chosen as a termination point. No reprints, facsimiles or microformed copies are included. All entries represent original titles preceding and including the 17th century, and the following information is included in the average entry: Pilgrimage 1 1. Entry Number. 2. Author (if known). 3. BYU Harold B. Lee Library Call Number in Special Collections. 4. Title (complete as given on title page, except for quotations from other works). 5. Publication Information (place, publisher, for whom published, date). 6. Physical Description, including pagination and size. 7. Indication of Important Illustrations. 8. Reference Numbers, most of them from Donald Wing’s Short Title Catalogue...1641-1700 (New York: index society, 1945-51) and later editions. 9. Notes and Annotations, describing, identifying, or explaining something about the author, the work, or both. The annotations are historical rather than technical. Many entries need no annotations since by looking at the imprint date the content may be determined by checking other events during the year. In many instances, the titles alone provide sufficient information. The subject index uses the Library of Congress: Subject Headings, except that the designation ‘Great Britain’ has been eliminated, since all entries pertain to that entity. Several sources were used in bibliographic search and in the writing of brief annotations: British Museum Catalogue, Man Sell: The National Union Catalog, Donald Wing’s Short Title Catalogue, 1641-1700, Dictionary of National Biography, Thomas Fuller’s Worthies of England, Hackett and Laing’s Anonymous and Pseudononomous Literature, and several histories of England. Harold B. Lee Library May 1976 August 1998 September 2005 May 2009 Pilgrimage 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The compiler acknowledges the help and guidance of many, without whose inspiration and encouraging words such a happy but plodding project could not have materialized. Primary thanks goes to Mr. A. Dean Larsen of the Acquisitions Department of the library, whose assignment to me of the Sanders Collection led to my interest in this particular era of history and his later suggestion that a bibliography be compiled. A. Dean Larsen, Marvin Wiggins, Carol Smith, Blaine Hall, and Kent Johnson of the Publications Committee of the library provided me with invaluable suggestions for revisions and improvements in the manuscript. Special Collections curator Chad Flake, Dr. De Lamar Jensen of the History department, Dr. John Thomas and Dr. Charles Tate of the English department and Dr. Ivan J. Barrett of the Religion department also deserve special thanks for their helpful comments and encouragement. Two researchers and authors have utilized the bibliography in its unfinished state for work in their own fields. Their enthusiastic interest in the project and its helpfulness to them were contagious: Dr. Malcolm Thorp, doing research on John Locke and Socinianism; and La Dean Griffin, author of Is Any Sick Among You?, who is writing a book on medical practices of the 17th century, especially those of William Salmon. Two students helped during critical periods to work on the preliminaries of the Subject Index and Title Index: Marsha Smith and Lynn Gallup. Because of interest expressed by a publisher, I proceeded with an updated edition of Pilgrimage in 1998, with Luke Todd, Shannon Johnson and Debbie Winkler assisting in this second edition. However, in 1999 Susan Wheelwright O’Connor began to assist with the updating of entries and training other students. Her contribution comes only second to my own in the effort and time put forth in this endeavor. For that I thank her profusely and add her name to mine on the title page. Unfortunately, after a mere 18 months into the project, the publisher who had originally expressed interest in publishing Pilgrimage, lost interest because of the availability of the collection in a digitized format as Early English Books Online (EEBO). At this point I decided that the only advantage my bibliography had over the online version was that I had supplied call numbers for the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. For that reason, the project was ended, and only A through I of the alphabet were completed – and even then some of the time-consuming typing of Signatures was left out and other errors not corrected. After my retirement in December 2007, I was encouraged by Rebekah Sykes of the Office of Digital Content to complete the bibliography so that it could become part of my Scholar Archive in the Harold B. Lee Library. Thanks to her perseverance, the project has been completed for online searching. Three students were responsible for the finished product: Katelyn Thacker, Jason Mattthew Olsen, and Alexa Hysi. Alexa’s efforts in seeing the project through to the end are immeasurable. She and Susan O’Connor spent the majority of time and effort on the bibliography. Thank you! Gary Gillum September 2005 May 2009 Pilgrimage 3 1 A. B. Rare BT 1209 .M9 1699 The Mystery of atheism, or, The Devices made use of to countenance and propagate it : together with the evil and danger of them. Set forth in several letters to a friend. Wherein is made appear that 'tis not want of evidence, but sincerity that makes men atheists / by the author of the Mystery of phanaticism ... London : Printed for A. and J. Churchill ... and sold by Rich. Gravell ..., 1699. Description: <8>, 128 p. ; 19 cm. (8vo) Subjects: Atheism--Early works to 1800.Apologetics--Early works to 1800. References: Wing, M3183 Variant. Notes: Signatures: A4, B-I8. All letters are signed: A.B. Bound in full contemporary leather; blind-tooled borders; broken hinges; chipped spine. 2 ABBADIE, JACQUES, 1654?-1727. Rare 177 M199m 1685 The Art of Knowing One-self, or, An Enquiry into The Sources of Morality / Written Originally in French by the Reverend Dr. Abbadie ; In Two Parts. Oxford : Lichfield, 1695. Description: <12>, 274 p. ; 16 cm. References: Wing A45. Subjects: Christian ethics. Original title in French: L'art de se connoitre soy meme, ou La recherche des sources de la morale. Other authors: Wise, T. tr. Notes: Title enclosed within double line rule border.