The epistle of Gildas, the most ancient British author: . who flourished in the yeere of our Lord, 546. And who by his great erudition, sanctitie, and wisedome, acquired the name of sapiens. Faithfully translated out of the originall Latine.
Gildas (d.570)
Category
Books
Date
1638
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3025966
Summary
Bibliographic description
[134], 327 [i.e. 325] p. . port.. . 8vo. Previous shelfmark: CL.E.Cupboard.III.3. Not identified in 1768 catalogue.. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "Stamford Weybridge" [i.e. William Grey, 9th Earl of Stamford (1850-1910)]. manuscript inscriptions on title-page: "Hum Owen", and "Laws.[?] Adamsun".. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding (spine split); double gilt fillet border; gilt roll on board edges.
Makers and roles
Gildas (d.570) Thomas Abingdon (1560 - 1647) William Marshall (fl.1617-1650)