Reliquiae Spelmannianae. The posthumous works of Sir Henry Spelman Kt. relating to the laws and antiquities of England. Publish'd from the original manuscripts. With the life of the author.
Sir Henry Spelman (1564-1641)
Category
Books
Date
1698
Materials
Place of origin
Oxford
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3090553
Summary
Bibliographic description
[32], 214, [12] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill., genealogical tables, port. ; fol. With 3 leaves of plates. Water-staining throughout. Provenance: eighteenth-century Jacobean armorial bookplate (Franks 32206), lettered: William Windham Esquire [i.e. William Windham (1717-1761)]. Manuscript former shelfmark in pencil on front pastedown, crossed out. Manuscript code (eighteenth-century?) at head of title page: "B/24". Binding: late seventeenth-century full sprinkled calf (water-stained); sewn onto five supports; blind roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine; gilt title lettered directly onto spine. Red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Sir Henry Spelman (1564-1641), author Edmund Gibson (1669-1748), editor Robert White (London 1645 - London 1703), engraver (printmaker)