An exposition of the creed.
John Pearson (1613-1686) Bishop of Chester
Category
Books
Date
1676
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3018841
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],398p. . port.. . fol.. Previous shelfmark: F.11.6. Frontispiece portrait and title-page ruled in red. Identified in 1796 inventory (dated as 1678): F 232, price 1s. 6d. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 637. Perhaps the copy purchased by John Myddleton from Thomas Woodward, 3 April 1734, for 12s (National Library of Wales, Longueville Papers. Nundel 1184).. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914. manuscript shelfmark on front pastedown: "D.8. Divinity".. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double blind fillet border, with blind cornerpiece stamps; gilt roll on board edges; blind fillets on spine.
Makers and roles
John Pearson (1613-1686) Bishop of Chester Frederick-Hendrik van den Hove (The Hague c.1628 - London 1698). Wilhelm Sonmans (b. Dordrecht, fl.1670s – d. London 1708)