The vvonder of this age: or, The picture of a man living, who is one hundred fifty two yeeres old, and upward. This 12th. day of November. 1635.

All titles

• The vvonder of this age: or, The picture of a man living, who is one hundred fifty two yeeres old, and upward. This 12th. day of November. 1635.
• Wonder of this age Picture of a man living, who is one hundred fifty two years old, and upward

People / Organizations

• Thomas Heywood (Author)
• Bernard Alsop ("printed by")

Imprint

London: printed [by Bernard Alsop and Thomas Fawcet] for Beniamin Fisher, 1635.

Publication year

1635-1635

ESTC No.

S92969

Grub Street ID

151598

Description

1 sheet ([1] p.) : port. (metal cut) ; 1⁰

Note

An engraving of Thomas Parr, surrounded by the title above and text by Thomas Heywood on either side and at foot.

The engraving is the same as the frontispiece in STC 23781 but has added to the plate: 'Hee dyed Nouember the 15th and is now buryed in Westminster: 1635'; see Hind, A.M. Engraving in England, III.255, nos. 6, 7; no. 7 is actually only a later state of no. 6, with Parr still looking left. (The only engr. now to be found at the Pepysian Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge is apparently this plate, with van Dalen's name and the inscription cropt). The copy in reverse mentioned in Hind, with Parr looking right, is without van Dalen's name but does have English engravin inscription except for 'Hee dyed ... '; it is found in a broadside with different French letterpress text: 'Le vrai portrait d'un homme ... qui a vescu cent cinquante-deux ans.' in Harvard University Library (STC).

Printers from STC.Citation/references STC (2nd ed.), 13372.5Person as subject Parr, Thomas, 1483-1635 -- Early works to 1800. Subject Abnormalities, Human -- Early works to 1800.

Curiosities and wonders -- England -- Early works to 1800.