Fragmenta antiquitatis. . Ancient tenures of land, and jocular customs of some manors. Made publick for the diversion of some, and instruction of others.
Thomas Blount (1618 - 1679)
Category
Books
Date
1679
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3002215
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 175, [17]p. ; 8vo. Running number: 1207. Provenance: library of Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) of Nocton, Lincolnshire. Manuscript inscription in eighteenth century hand on front pastedown: "R Williams 5s 6d:". Number or price code crossed out on front endleaf. Author's surname supplied in ink on title page. Mis-numbered p.108 corrected in ink. Binding: eighteenth-century calf over boards with double blind fillet border and blind tooled central frame. Gilt floral roll on board edges. Five bands edged with blind-tooled lines; gilt title on goatskin label. Endbands. Three supports laced-in; pastedown with conjugate endleaf and additional endleaf at both ends. Undecorated leaf edges with manuscript title on fore-edge. Boards loose.
Makers and roles
Thomas Blount (1618 - 1679) Abel Roper (1665-1726), bookseller Bassett, Thomas (Bookseller), bookseller, bookseller