Stephanorum historia, vitas ipsorum ac libros complectens.
Michael Maittaire (1667-1747)
Category
Books
Date
1709
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3069735
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. : ill., port. ; 8vo. Former shelfmark: 44.d.13. Running number: 7781. Bound in 1 v. In vol. 1 half-title leaf a8 is mis-bound following leaf A2. Provenance: eighteenth-century manuscript former shelfmark on front pastedown: "E.2.3." [probably in the hand of Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on three sewing supports; five raised bands; double gilt fillet border, with gilt floral cornerpiece stamps; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine; gilt title on brown goatskin label on spine; red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Michael Maittaire (1667-1747), author John Sturt (1658-1730), engraver (printmaker)