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
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3090554
Summary
Bibliographic description
[32], 214, [12] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill., genealogical tables, port. ; fol. Running number: 4463. With 3 leaves of plates and final blank leaf. Pagination: [32], 214, [14] p., [3] leaves of plates (2 folded). Provenance: manuscript marginal notes in two separate hands, one in ink, one in pencil. Binding: eighteenth-century panelled sprinkled calf; double blind fillet border; central panel of blind fillets and blind dotted rolls, with blind cornerpiece stamps; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gilt title on brown goatskin label on spine.
Makers and roles
Sir Henry Spelman (1564-1641), author Edmund Gibson (1669-1748), editor Robert White (London 1645 - London 1703), engraver (printmaker)