Nicolai Uptoniæ De studio militari, libri quatuor. Iohan. de Bado Aureo, tractatus de armis. Henrici Spelmanni Aspilogia. Edoardus Bissæus. E codicibus mss. primus publici juris fecit notisque illustravit.
Nicolas Upton
Category
Books
Date
1654
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 3041786
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12], 259, [1]; [2], 45, [1]; [8], 142, [2]; 105, [1] p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. (metal cuts), coats of arms, ports. ; fol. Imperfect: wanting plates. Quire ²B (p. 7-14) of "Johannis de Bado Aureo Tractatus de armis" misbound following quire Gg (first count) of Upton's "De studio militari". Provenance: manuscript annotations throughout in hand of John Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes of Truro, 1st Earl of Radnor (1606-1685), including list of New Year's gifts given[?], 1662, on front fly-leaf. Binding: seventeenth-century calf; double gilt fillet border; single panel of gilt fillets, with gilt cornerpiece stamps. Gilt roll pattern on board edges. Rebacked. Gilt author/titles, place/date and tooling on spine.
Makers and roles
Nicolas Upton Johannes de Bado Aureo Sir Edward Bysshe (1615-1679) Sir Henry Spelman (1564-1641)