A restitution of decayed intelligence: in antiquities. . Concerning the most noble, and renowned English nation.
Richard Verstegan (1550-1640)
Category
Books
Date
1634
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3006061
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24],338,[14]p. . ill.. (metal cut) . 4to. Imperfect: lacks final blank. Seventeenth- and twentieth-century marginal pen notes; margins cropped. Bookseller's catalogue note relating to this item pasted onto upper pastedown. Provenance: Eighteenth-century pen inscriptions on titlepage: Mary Oldham; George Purvis 1742; pencil inscription on front flyleaf: R. W. Ketton-Cremer Felbrigg 1968 [Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)]. Binding: Seventeenth-century panelled calf, panel made of rolls, double fillets and cornerpieces, blind roll on board edges, re-backed (twentieth century), four raised bands sewn on four cords, nineteenth-century green morocco gilt label laid down: Verstegan's Antiquitie. Endpapers replaced, red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Richard Verstegan (1550-1640)