The histories of the lives and raignes of Henry the Third, and Henry the Fourth. . Kings of England. Written by Sr. Robert Cotton, and Sr. Iohn Hayvvard, Knights.
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet of Connington MP (1571-1631)
Category
Books
Date
1642
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3052501
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],45,[15],318p., [2] leaves of plates . ports.. . 12mo.. Previous shelfmark: G.1.3. Not identified in 1796 inventory. Christies, 21 June, lot 634.. 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: "H.8. Engl. history &c.". manuscript notes referring to the text on front fly-leaf.. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with manuscript label: "B.b.d. 219".
Makers and roles
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet of Connington MP (1571-1631) Sir John Hayward (1564-1627).