Of wisdome . three bookes written in French by Peter Charro[n] Doctr of Lawe in Parisʺ Translated by Samson Lennard.
Pierre Charron (1541-1603)
Category
Books
Date
1651
Materials
Measurements
198 x 151 x 48 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3059727
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: hand made laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports Date of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: English (Cambridge?) End Leaves: Sewn single-fold of plain white handmade laid paper, no pastedowns Structure: English Edges: Plain cut, densely sprinkled with red pigment, polished Spine Lining: slight round, quadrant joints, no evidence of linings End Bands: worked L-R, 1x1 in blue and white thread over rolled paper cores Bookmark: None Boards: 3mm paper pulp, internal bevel along spine edge, back-cornered, all slips laced, perpendicularly Covering: brown tanned calf, sparsely sprinkled with black pigment Tooling Spine: blind-tooled 2-fillet border with two further 2-fillets creating a central panel, with 3 fleurons each at head and tail Tooling Sides: Blind-tooled 2-fillet border and quarter line with a small fleuron in each corner Furniture: None Enclosure: None Binding Notes: There are three pieces of paper with ms notes on them inserted at pp.256/7, one with a sample of brown felt attached to it.
Bibliographic description
[28],524,[20]p. . 4to.. Three manuscript leaves loosely inserted between pp.256-257: three fragments of receipts dated [16]77-[16]79; two for foodstuffs, 'Received ... Thomas English' and signed Robt: Fowler; one an account of payments made with a fabric fragment pinned on. Seventeenth-century full calf; double blind fillet to form a border; quarter blind ruled; sewn onto four leather cords; spine smooth; spine vertically double blind ruled to form a panel; three blind tools at head and foot.
Makers and roles
Pierre Charron (1541-1603) William Hole (d.1624) Samson Lennard (d.1633)