Scriptorum ecclesiasticorum historia literaria a Christo nato usque ad saeculum XIV. facili methodo digesta. Qua de vita illorum ac rebus gestis, de secta, dogmatibus, elogio, stylo; de scriptis genuinis, dubiis, supposititiis, ineditis, deperditis, fragmentis; deque variis operum editionibus perspicuè agitur. Accedunt scriptores gentiles, Christianae religionis oppugnatores; & cujusvis saeculi breviarium. Inseruntur suis locis veterum aliquot opuscula & fragmenta, tum Graeca, tum Latina hactenus inedita. Praemissa denique Prolegomena, quibus plurima ad antiquitatis ecclesiasticae studium spectantia traduntur. Opus indicibus necessariis instructum. Autore Guilielmo Cave, ss. theol. profes. canonico Windesoriensi. Accedit ab alia manu appendix ab ineunte Saeculo XIV. ad annum usque MDXVII
The Reverend Dr William Cave (1637-1713)
Category
Books
Date
1688 - 1698
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3006959
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. ([20], xxxvi, 272 p., 273-280 leaves, 281-759, [5], 212, [24]; [8], xii, [16], 588, 88, [28] p.) ; fol. Running number: 7732. Water-staining at head of leaves and down into gutter margin throughout vol. 2. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front pastedown in both vols.: "C. & P." [i.e. the "collated and perfect" mark of the bibliophile Thomas Rawlinson (1681-1725)]. Manuscript inscription on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "Symon Patrick" [possibly Simon Patrick (1626-1707), Bishop of Chichester and Bishop of Ely]. Manuscript capital letter at head of vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "D". Binding: late seventeenth-century blind-panelled mottled calf (rubbed and scratched); sewn on four cords with six raised bands (vol. 1 boards almost detached); double blind fillet border forming mottled outer panel, double blind fillet and blind cornerpiece stamps forming plain inner panel; blind roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spines; gilt title on brown leather label on spines; red and brown sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
The Reverend Dr William Cave (1637-1713), author Henry Wharton (1664 - 1695), author