An appendix to the history of Scotland. . Containing, I. A detection of the actions of Mary Queen of Scots, [...] II. De jure regni apud Scotos: or, A discourse concerning the due privilege of government [...] By George Buchanan, author of the said history. To which is added, The genealogie of all the Kings of Scotland, [...].
George Buchanan (1506-1582)
Category
Books
Date
1721
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3048949
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 157, [11], 165-352p. ill.(plate) ; 8vo. Running number: 1190. Sig Y3 mis-signed Y4. P.253 misnumbered 223. Provenance: manuscript inscription on upper flyleaf: [1] "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]; [2] price "3.d." Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled calf inboard binding with double gilt fillet border of intersecting lines. Blind roll pattern on board edges. 5 raised bands along plain spine with gilt title on brown goatskin label. 3 supports laced in. Red and yellow silk endbands with front beads, tied down. Paper pastedown and one free leaf conjugate with the pastedown at both ends. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
George Buchanan (1506-1582) Elisha Kirkall (Sheffield c.1682 - 1742), printer