The lives of the popes, from the time of our saviour Jesus Christ, to the reign of Sixtus IV. . Written originally in Latine by Baptista Platina native of Cremona, and translated into English. And the same history continued from the year 1471. to this present time; wherein the most remarkable passages of Christendom both in church and state are treated of and described.
Platina (1421-1481)
Category
Books
Date
1685
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3026541
Summary
Bibliographic description
[32], 416, 394, [18] p., plate . ill.., port.. . fol.. MS note on title page: Rv/2. Provenance: Bookplates: John Brownlowe, viscount Tyrconnel (armorial); Belton House (earl's coronet & crests). Old Belton pressmark on pastedown: 2/2. Binding: Panelled calf (eighteenth-century), in book-shoe.
Makers and roles
Platina (1421-1481) Sir Paul Rycaut (1628-1700) Robert White (London 1645 - London 1703)