An abridgment of The lives of the Popes, . from the time of our Saviour Jesus Christ to the reign of Sixtus IV. Written in Latin, by Baptista Platina, ... translated into English, and continued from the year 1471 to the year 1681, by Sir Paul Rycaut. ...
Platina (1421-1481)
Category
Books
Date
1704
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3094947
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],249,[15]p., [1] leaf of plates . port.. . 8vo. Provenance: Armorial bookplate on title page verso: The Right Honble. John Lord Hervey created Baron of Ickworth in Com. Suff. March the 23d. 1702 [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751)]. Marginalia and underscorings in pencil; according to Sydenham Hervey such "mysterious little pencil marks in the margins" are a sign of ownership by John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751).. Binding: Eighteenth-century Cambridge-style blind-panelled sprinkled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges. Rebacked in blind-tooled calf, with gilt title label and date stamp on spine.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Platina (1421-1481) Michael Vandergucht (Antwerp 1660 – London 1725) Sir Paul Rycaut (1628-1700)