Bibliothecae cleri Londinensis in Collegio Sionensi catalogus, duplici forma concinnatus. Pars prior exhibet libros juxta ordinem Scriniorum distributos, & ad proprias classes redactos. Pars altera omnium auctorum nomina, & rerum praecipuarum capita ordine alphabetico complectitur. Auctore Guilielmo Reading bibliothecario.
William Reading (1674-1744)
Category
Books
Date
1724
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3008475
Summary
Bibliographic description
[396]; [98]; [2], 56 p. ; fol. Running number: 7824. With blank leaf bound-in at end of pt. 1 following leaf 5P2 and two blank leaves bound-in at end of pt. 2 following leaf [*Aa]2; these appear to have the same watermark (crowned WB) as the printed leaves. Water-staining at foot of leaves throughout. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript price[?] in pencil on front fly-leaf: "12-6". Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn onto four supports; six raised bands; double gilt fillet border and blind roll pattern inner panel with blind cornerpiece stamps; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine, with floral stamps within fillet panels; gilt title 'Sion Library' on brown leather label on spine; red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
William Reading (1674-1744), author Gerard Vandergucht (London 1696 - London 1776), engraver (printmaker) Sion College , organisation