Historiae ecclesiasticae gentis anglorum libri quinque, . auctore Sancto & Venerabili Baeda ... una cum reliquis ejus operibus historicis in unum volumen collectis. Cura et studio Johannis Smith, ...
The Venerable Saint Bede (c.673-735)
Category
Books
Date
1722
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038233
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],823,[15]p., [5] leaves of plates (3 single, 1 double folded) . ill.., map . fol.. Previous shelfmark: M.8.14. Identified in 1796 inventory: F 229, price 12s. Christie's, 21 June 2004, lot 585.. Provenance: Bookplate: Robert Myddelton Esqr of Chirk Castle Denbigh shr [i.e. Robert Myddelton (1678-1733)]; Jacobean armorial. Franks 21461.. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double gilt fillet and blind roll pattern border; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title label.
Makers and roles
The Venerable Saint Bede (c.673-735) King Alfred (849 - 899) George Smith (1693-1756) John Smith (1659-1715) Gerard Vandergucht (London 1696 - London 1776)