1.7.212 Likely a library shelfmark or cataloging number.

WILLIAM GILBERT

OF COLCHESTER,

Royal Physician,

Gilbert served as physician to both Queen Elizabeth I and King James I.

Concerning our Sublunary World

A NEW

PHILOSOPHY.

A posthumous work,

Collected and arranged long ago by the author’s brother,

NOW

Published from two manuscript codices.

From the library of the most illustrious man

WILLIAM BOSWELL Knight, etc.

Sir William Boswell (died 1650) was a diplomat and man of letters who served as the English resident at The Hague.

and English Ambassador to the United Provinces of the Netherlands.

An engraved printer's mark for the Elzevir publishing house. It depicts the Roman goddess Minerva (identified by her helmet, spear, and the owl at her feet) standing next to an olive tree. A ribbon entwined in the branches of the tree bears the motto "DO NOT GO BEYOND THE OLIVE TREES" original: "NE EXTRA OLEAS" - a proverbial expression meaning to stay within bounds or stick to the subject.. To the right of the engraving is a circular black ink library stamp featuring a fleur-de-lis and the words "NATIONAL LIBRARY" around the edge.

AMSTERDAM, 2.10

At the house of Louis Elzevir,

1651.

The date is printed in Roman numerals: CIƆ IƆ C LI.

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