Reliquiæ Bodleianæ: . or some genuine remains of Sir Thomas Bodley. Containing his life, the first draught of the statutes of the Publick library at Oxford, (in English) and a collection of letters to Dr. James, &c. Published from the originals in the said library.
Sir Thomas Bodley (1545-1613)
Category
Books
Date
1703
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Montacute House, Somerset
NT 3073802
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],383,[1]p. . 8vo.. Not indigenous.. Provenance: Inscribed: "Joh: Caley", probably eighteenth century; with a few brief manuscript notes on the back flyleaf.. Provenance: Inscribed in ink on front free-endpaper: 'J. Caley / Hosp. Greien /' followed by a note on 'some additional letters . not inserted in this collection' and published separately in a work by Hearne, Oxford, 1726'; followed in pencil (as a note to the binder?] 'Preserve / the fly leaves'.. Binding: Eighteenth-century gold-tooled single panel calf binding. Panel includes flower stem motif at each corner.
Makers and roles
Sir Thomas Bodley (1545-1613)