The itinerary of John Leland the antiquary. . ... Publish'd from the original ms. in the Bodleian Library by Thomas Hearne M.A. ...
John Leland (1506-1552)
Category
Books
Date
1710
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3002210.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
vol.1, plates. ill. 8vo. Running number: 1205. Thomas Rawlinson on list of subscribers and the former shelfmark may have been supplied by him. Provenance: library of Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) of Nocton, Lincolnshire. Note in Mitchell's catalogue "fine paper, whereof only 12 copies were printed." Manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "M. 9. vol." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]; and former shelfmark inscribed on front pastedown: "17.G.14". Binding: eighteenth-century dense sprinkled calf with double gilt fillets to form border of intersecting lines and gilt cornerpieces. Gilt pattern on board edges. Four raised bands; gold-tooled spine with gilt title on light brown label. Brown and cream silk endbands with front beads. Sewn on four supports, laced-in. Pastedown and endleaves at both ends. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
John Leland (1506-1552)