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The popularity of Pseudodoxia in its day is confirmed by the fact that it went through no fewer than six editions ; the first edition appearing upon the eve of the English Civil War, during the reign of Charles I in 1646.

No fewer than a further five editions followed ; four times during the Commonwealth era of Oliver Cromwell in 1650, twice in 1658, and in 1659.

One final edition appeared in ( 1672 ) during the reign of King Charles II when the English scientific revolution was well in progress, culminating in Isaac Newton's discoveries.

Pseudodoxia was subsequently translated and published in French, Dutch, Latin and German throughout the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.