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The Government of the Tongue
Engraved by: Unidentified artist, English
Author: Richard Allestree (English, 1619–1681)
Binding by: Samuel Mearne (English, 1624–1683)
Author: Richard Allestree (English, 1619–1681)
Binding by: Samuel Mearne (English, 1624–1683)
1677
Place of Publication: Oxford, England
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with one engraving
Dimensions
Overall: 18.6 x 11.7 x 2 cm (7 5/16 x 4 5/8 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Horatio Greenough Curtis in memory of her husband Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number27.1429
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Oxford: at the Theater, 1667 [i.e., 1677]
Catalogue Raisonné
Wing A1138
Description(Oxford: at the Theater, 1667 [i.e., 1677]) Quarto; 120 leaves; contemporary gilt-stamped brown morocco
Allegorical frontispiece
Allegorical frontispiece
ProvenanceGeorge Staniforth [?--signature on verso of front flyleaf]; unidentified monogram stamp [TH?] on verso of frontispiece; Horatio Greenough Curtis (1844-1922); his widow, by whom given to MFA, 1927.