The funeral sermon of Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby, mother to King Henry VII. . and foundress of Christ's, and St John's College in Cambridge, with a preface containing some further account of her charities and foundations, together with a catalogue of her professors ... and of her preachers ...
John Fisher (1469-1535) Bishop of Rochester
Category
Books
Date
1708
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3002331
Summary
Bibliographic description
lxiii, [17]; 47, [1]p., folded plate. ill. (metal cut). 8vo. Running number: 1200. Provenance: library of Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) of Nocton, Lincolnshire. Eighteenth-century manuscript inscriptions on front pastedown: [1] "d.1"; [2] [illegible, erased]; [3] "C. & P." [i.e. the "collated and perfect" mark of the bibliophile Thomas Rawlinson (1681-1725)]; on front flyleaf: "D"; on *1v: "Funeral" [underlined] in hand of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Ellys. Binding: eighteenth-century full calf inboard binding tooled to a Cambridge-style design of sprinkled and cat's paw staining with blind fillet frames and corner fleurons. Gilt pointille on board edges. Four raised bands with gilt title "C. OF RICHMO FUNERAL SERMON" on brown label. Endbands, front beads. Pastedown with guard and endleaf at both ends; front flyleaf wanting. Sewn on four supports, two laced in. Red sprinkled leaf edges.
Makers and roles
John Fisher (1469-1535) Bishop of Rochester Bosville, Alexander, engraver (printmaker)