Remarkable antiquities of the City of Exeter: . giving an account of the laws and customs of the place; ... with a catalogue of all the Bishops, Mayors, and Sheriffs, from the year 1049, to 1677. Originally collected by Richard Izacke, ... The second edition: now very much enlarged, and continued to the year 1723, by Samuel Izacke, ... To which is also added, a new and correct map of the said city, ...
Richard Izacke (1624-1698)
Category
Books
Date
1724
Materials
Measurements
200 x 131 x 29 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 3041050
Summary
Full description
Orientation: VerticalText Substrate: handmade laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing and engraving inkType: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supportsDate of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: English End Leaves: sewn single-fold of ‘dutch’ combed marbled paper within a single fold of plain white laid paper, the inner marbled and plain leaves made, followed by a sewn single fold of plain white laid paper. The outer marbled leaf pasted to the board Structure: British Edges: plain cut, gilt, polished Spine Lining: moderate round, angled joints, no visible linings End Bands: worked L-R, 1x1x1 in yellow, green and red silk over a twisted gut core with a thin cane crowning core Bookmark: NoneBoards: 3mm rope fibre boards, no back cornering, all slips laced Covering: full red tanned goatskin (turkey leather), polished Tooling Spine: gold tooled triple fillet frame to each panel, panels 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 with small gold-tooled corner tools and central fleuron; titled direct in panel 2Tooling Sides: gold-tooled 2-fillet border, double panel (single and triple fillets) with external corner tools, central external side tool and diagonal links at the corner, gold-tooled roll on board edges and turn-insFurniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: 19th century bookplate of the Earl of Morely
Bibliographic description
[4],iii,[1],25,[26],50-69,[1],213,[67]p.,[2] folded plates . map,ill.. (metal cut) . 8vo.. Variant. Provenance: Bookplate: Earl of Morley. Binding: Contemporary red morocco, gold tooling, gold edges.
Provenance
Included in the List of Books situated at Saltram, offered to H.M.Treasury in part payment of death Duties by the Executors of Robert Edmund Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley.
Makers and roles
Richard Izacke (1624-1698) Samuel Izacke (fl.1723)