Historia Maioris Britanniae, tam Angli[a]e q[uam] Scoti[a]e, per Ioanne[m] Maiorem, nomine quidem Scotum, professione autem theologum, e veterum monumentis concinnata.
John Major (1469-1550)
Category
Books
Date
1521
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3025578
Summary
Bibliographic description
[10], CXLVI leaves : coat of arms ; 4to. Running number: 6999. 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)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full plain calf; sewn on three supports; five raised bands; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine with dolphin and crown stamp within fillet panels, roll pattern at head and tail; gilt title on brown leather spine label; burnished red bookblock edges.
Makers and roles
John Major (1469-1550), author Josse Badius (1462-1535), printer