A discourse concerning the original of the povvder-plot: . together with a relation of the conspiracies against Queen Elizabeth and the persecutions of the Protestants in France to the death of Henry the Fourth. Collected out of Thuanus, Davila, Perefix, and several other authors of the Roman communion; as also Reflections upon Bellarmine's Notes of the church, &c.
Leigh, John
Category
Books
Date
1674
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3005825
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 40, 43-196; [2], 24; [6], 019 [i.e.66], [2]p. ; 4to. Running number: 1290. Imperfect: wants final leaf. Provenance: library of Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) of Nocton, Lincolnshire. Manuscript inscriptions by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys: [1] on front endleaf: "M." [i.e. Mitchell's catalogue code]; [2] Mitchell's manuscript code at foot of front endleaf: "β½." [i.e. beta½ = Greek number 2½]; on verso of front endleaf: Mitchell's catalogue entry reference "Gun-Powder Plot [underlined]". Manuscript notes: [1] on front endleaf in seventeenth-century hand: "5"; [2] on lower endleaf in eighteenth-century hand: "a.o". Binding: late seventeenth-century full mottled calf over boards with double blind fillet border. Gilt dotted line along board edges. Five bands; gilt title "POWDER | PLOT | & C." on label. Endbands with front beads. Two supports laced in; pastedown and endleaf at both ends. Marbled edges.
Makers and roles
Leigh, John, printer