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
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3025967
Summary
Bibliographic description
[134], 327 [i.e. 325] p. . port.. . 8vo. manuscript price[?] on front fly-leaf: "1s.[?]".. Provenance: Bookplate: Erthig (anonymous armorial). Ink-stamp cipher on title-page verso: "JEASLR"[?], with ms. date "1695".. Binding: Seventeenth-century sheepskin binding (boards detached); double blind fillet border.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Makers and roles
Gildas (d.570) Thomas Abingdon (1560 - 1647) William Marshall (fl.1617-1650)