Ælfredi Magni Anglorum regis invictissimi vita tribus libris comprehensa, . a clarissimo Dno Johanne Spelman Henrici F. primum anglice conscripta, dein latine reddita, & annotationibus illustrata ab Ælfredi in collegio magnæ aulæ Universitatis oxoniensis alumnis.
Sir John Spelman (1594-1643)
Category
Books
Date
1678
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3079646
Summary
Bibliographic description
[40],219,[13]p., vii leaves of plates : ill. ; fol. Loosely inserted: proof sheet of Ketton-Cremer's 'Norfolk miscellany' article on Sir John Spelman, with red ink corrections in author's hand. Provenance: nineteenth-century spade armorial, with peacock crest and motto: "Le bon temps viendra" [i.e. Edward William Vernon Harcourt (1825-1891)] ; inscribed "R.W. Ketton-Cremer Felbrigg" [i.e. Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)]. Binding: seventeenth-century calf, with double blind fillet border, foutr blind fillets on quarter; five raised bands; rebacked eighteenth-century, gilt tooled, spine label: Spelman Ælfredi magni vita.
Makers and roles
Sir John Spelman (1594-1643) Obadiah Walker (1616 - 1699) Christopher Wase (Hackney 1627 - Oxford 1690)