Scarronides: or, Le Virgile travesty. A mock-poem. Being the first book of Virgil's Æneis in English, burlésque.
Charles Cotton (1630 - 1687)
Category
Books
Date
1664
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3012428
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 112 p. ; 8vo. Running number: 7365. Provenance: manuscript initial on front pastedown: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript former shelfmark (eighteenth- or nineteenth-century?) in black ink on front pastedown: "4.H.20.". Manuscript inscription at head of title page: "Cotton" [i.e. catalogue entry note for anonymous works, written by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751)]. Binding: seventeenth-century English full sheepskin; sewn on three recessed cords; smooth spine; double blind fillet border and two double blind fillets parallel to spine-edge; double blind fillets on spine.
Makers and roles
Charles Cotton (1630 - 1687), author