An elegant, and learned discourse of the light of nature: . with several other treatises, viz. The schism. The act of oblivion. The child's return. The panting soul. Mount Ebal. The white stone. Spiritual opticks. The worth of souls. By Nathanael Culverwel Master of Arts, and lately Fellow of Emmanuel-College in Cambridg.
Nathanael Culverwel (d.1651?)
Category
Books
Date
1661
Materials
Measurements
196 x 147 x 34 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3089820
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade wove 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: F: defective. B: 2-leaf outside hook of plain white laid paper with a folded stub. No pastedowns Structure: English Edges: plain cut, densely sprinkled with red pigment, polished Spine Lining: slight round, slight joints, no visible linings End Bands: worked L-R 1x1 in blue and white thread over a rolled paper core Bookmark: none Boards: 3mm grey-brown pulp boards with many inclusions and a faint trace of a woven screen in the inner surface, all slips laced, angled up in front board, down in back Covering: brown tanned calf, sprinkled/splashed with a black pigment in the piece - ie before covering Tooling Spine: blind-tooled 2-fillet border, doubled at head and tail, with 2 small flowers each at head and tail Tooling Sides: blind-tooled 2-fillet border and quarter line with small flower tool in each corne Furniture: None Enclosure: None Binding Notes:
Bibliographic description
[16],175,[1]; 212p. . 4to.. Binding: Seventeenth-century full quarter blind ruled mottled sheep; smooth spine; sewn onto four leather thongs; manuscript paper spine label at foot: 26.
Makers and roles
Nathanael Culverwel (d.1651?) William Dillingham (1617-1689)