'Nosce Teipsum' was originally published in 1599 (4to). The following is its title-page and collation:
Nosce teipsum
This Oracle expounded in two
Elegies
1. Of Humane knowledge.
2. Of the Soule of Man, and the immortalitie
thereof.
[Wood-engraving of an anchor within a
border and the motto Anchora Spei.]
London,
Printed by Richard Field for Iohn Standish,
1599. [4to.]
Title-page—Dedication pp. 2—Of humane Knowledge pp. 1-8—Of the soule of man and the immortalitie thereof pp. 9-101. A second edition appeared in 1602, whereof the following are title-page and collation:—
Nosce teipsum,
This Oracle expounded in two
Elegies.
1. Of Humane knowledge.
2. Of the Soule of Man, and the immortalitie
thereof.
Newly corrected and amended.
London,
Printed by Richard Field for Iohn Standish.
1602. [4to.]
Title-page—Dedication pp. 2, signed 'Dauys':
poem pp. 101.
A third edition was issued in 1608. I give its title-page also:
Nosce teipsum
This Oracle expounded in two
Elegies.
1. Of Humane Knowledge.
2. Of the Soule of Man and the immortalitie
thereof.
Written by Sir Iohn Davis, his Maiesties
Atturney generall in Ireland.
London,
Printed by Henry Ballard for
Iohn Standish. 1608. [4to.]
Collation same with the others, supra.