De mirabilibus pecci: being the vvonders of the peak in Darby-shire, commonly called the Devil's Arse of Peak. In English and Latine. The Latine written by Thomas Hobbes of Malmsbury. The English by a person of quality.
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
Category
Books
Date
1678
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3030870
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], 81, 84-85, [11] p. ; 8vo. Running number: 7548. Variant: final paginated leaf is numbered 83. 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: seventeenth-century full mottled calf; sewn on five raised bands; blind roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine. Marbled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) Person of quality