A case for the spectacles, or, A defence of Via tuta, the safe way,
Sir Humphrey Lynde (1579-1636)
Category
Books
Date
1638
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3086000
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],208,217-279,[1]; [8],220,195,200-219,[1]p. . 4to.. Seventeenth-century hand adds "in Surry" to titlpage. Old Wimpole shelfmarks: Vv/4 [pencil]; Vv.5.9 [dark blue ink]. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754): Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754]. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf over boards, gilt tooling on spine, red-brown spine label, double blind fillet on covers, single gilt fillet on board edges, remains of red sprinkled edges, English printer's waste used as spine support.
Makers and roles
Sir Humphrey Lynde (1579-1636) Dr Daniel Featley (1582-1645)