The history of the worthies of England. . Endeavoured by Thomas Fuller, D.D.
Thomas Fuller (1608-1661)
Category
Books
Date
1662
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3000968
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6],30,33-70,73-144,149-368,16,13-29,p.17,30-100,105-144,1 49 -257 [i.e.259],262-354,232,[4],60p.,plate . ill..,port.. . fol.. Pagination matches Felbrigg Hall copy. Imperfect: wanting title page, pp. 97-100 (sigs. Oo1-2), and pp. 59-60 at end, plus frontispiece portrait. Blank leaves inserted between pp. 96 and 105 and pp. 150 and 155 to replace perceived missing leaves. Identified in 1796 inventory: F 68, price Đ1 11s. 6d. Christie's, 21 June, 2004, lot 641.. Provenance: Bookplate: Robert Myddelton Esqr of Chirk Castle Denbigh shr [i.e. Robert Myddelton (1678-1733)]; Jacobean armorial. Franks 21461. Letter fragment with wax seal inserted between pp. 218-219, addressed in manuscript: "To John Myddelton Esqr at Kefnywern" [i.e. John Myddelton (1685-1747)].. Binding: Eighteenth-century quarter-bound calf, with marbled paper over boards. Gold-tooled spine, with red gilt title label.
Makers and roles
Thomas Fuller (1608-1661) John Fuller (b,.1640/1-1681)