Hierocles upon the Golden verses of the Pythagoreans. . Translated immediately out of the Greek into English.
Hierocles, of Alexandria (fl.430 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1682
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3095351
Summary
Bibliographic description
[54],166,[2]p. . 8vo. Provenance: Armorial bookplate: 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)]. Manuscript inscriptions on title page: "John & Isabella" [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751) and his first wife Isabella (1670-1693)], "Susana Tyrell", and "this book is not too good for the Baron". 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: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding; triple blind fillet border, with quarter triple blind fillet; blind roll on board edges. Rebacked in blind-tooled calf, with gilt title and date stamped on spine. red and brown sprinkled edges.
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
Hierocles, of Alexandria (fl.430 AD) John Norris (1657-1711)