[The vvorks of Ioseph Hall B. of Exceter. . With a table newly added to the whole worke].
Joseph Hall (1574-1656)
Category
Books
Date
1628
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038452.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12],1321,[1];[6],100,[40]p . fol.. Imperfect: wanting title page and 4 other preliminary leaves. Surviving prelimary leaf and leaves B1-6 cropped and mounted on paper frames. Identified in 1796 inventory: either F 231 ("Bp Halls Works no title"), price 2s., or F 477 ("Halls Meditations"), price 2s. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 637.. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914. manuscript shelfmark on front pastedown: "Divinity. R.M." [possibly Robert Myddelton (1678-1733)].. Binding: Seventeenth-century calf binding; double blind fillet border, with blind floral cornerpiece stamps; gilt roll on board edges; manuscript spine title: "Halls meditations", with remnants of manuscript label. Manuscript waste (black letter, blue initials with red tracery decoration) on vellum at rear.
Makers and roles
Joseph Hall (1574-1656)