Francisci Willughbeii de Middleton in agro Warwicensi, armigeri, e Regia Societate, Ornothologiae libri tres: in quibus aves omnes hactenus cognitae in methodum naturis suis convenientem redactae accuratè describuntur, descriptiones iconibus elegantissimis & vivarum avium simillimis, aeri incisis illustrantur. Totum opus recognovit, digessit, supplevit Joannes Raius. Sumptus in chalcographos fecit illustriss. D. Emma Willughby, vidua.
Francis Willughby (1635 - 1672)
Category
Books
Date
1676
Materials
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3004682
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12], 307, [5] p., [1], LXXVII leaves of plates : ill., table ; fol. Running number: 5705. Provenance: manuscript booksellers' code[?] and number on front pastedown: "p-po" and "141". Ownership inscription on top corner of front fly-leaf has been cut-out. Binding: seventeenth-century[?] full plain vellum over boards; gilt title on brown goatskin label on spine. Red and blue sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Francis Willughby (1635 - 1672) John Ray (1627-1705), editor Emma Willughby, editor William Faithorne the younger (1656 – c.1701), engraver (printmaker) Frederick-Hendrik van den Hove (The Hague c.1628 - London 1698). , engraver (printmaker) William Sherwin (Wellington 1645 - 1711), engraver (printmaker) Emma Willughby, publisher