Joannis Lelandi antiquarii de rebus Britannicis collectanea. . Ex autographis descripsit ediditque Tho. Hearnius, ... qui & appendicem subjecit, totumque opus (in VI. volumina distributum) notis & indice adornavit.
John Leland (1506-1552)
Category
Books
Date
1715
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3009760.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1, pt.1, plates (some folded) . ill.. ; 8vo. Running number: 1418. Historic repair to leaf signed p2. Contemporary paper marker inserted p.50. Provenance: library of Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) of Nocton, Lincolnshire. Manuscript note on front endleaf: "M. 6. vol." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Ellys]. Manuscript on title page: "R Davison" accompanied by [Davison] armorial stamp. Booksellers price codes on front endleaf and pastedown. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf over boards, double gilt fillet and roll Harleian style border frame; gilt roll pattern on board edges; five raised bands, gilt-tooled spine, gilt title and vol. number on leather label; comb-and-swirl marbled pastedown and conjugate endleaf.
Makers and roles
John Leland (1506-1552), author Thomas Hearne (1678-1735), editor Michael Burghers (1647/8-1727), engraver (printmaker) Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford , printer