A Bibliography of Sir Thomas Browne, Kt, MD

Abstract

THIS handsome volume, of which only five hundred copies have been issued, is dedicated to the memory of Sir William Osier, who was one of the most enthusiastic admirers of Sir Thomas Browne. The work consists of twelve sections, the first ten of which are devoted to the bibliography of Sir Thomas Browne's writings, and the last two to the bibliography of biography and criticism and the sale catalogue of Sir Thomas Browne's library, all but two of the sections being preceded by a bibliographical preface. There are four appendices containing the bibliographies of imitators of “Religio Medici “and “Vulgar Errors,” and of the works of Dr. Edward Browne, Sir Thomas's eldest son, and an account of Simon Wilkin, the Norwich publisher and editor of Sir Thomas Browne's works. The text is interspersed with reproductions of the MS. and title pages of early copies of “Religio Medici,” “Hydrotaphia,” “Christian Morals,” and other works. There are two fine portraits, the first, which serves as a frontispiece, being that of Sir Thomas and his wife, Dame Dorothy Browne, by an unknown artist, and the other that of Simon Wilkin.