The vision of Pierce Plowman, . newlye imprynted after the authours olde copy, with a brefe summary of the principall matters set before euery part called passus. Wherevnto is also annexed the Crede of Pierce Plowman, neuer imprinted with the booke before.
William Langland (1330-1400)
Category
Books
Date
1561
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3103160
Summary
Bibliographic description
[288] p. . 4to.. Complete copy, including the Crede. Description of item from a catalogue inserted loose in front.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate: The Right Honble. John Lord Hervey Created Baron of Ickworth ... 1702 [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751)]; manuscript inscription: Tho: & Isabella [i.e. Sir Thomas Hervey (1625-1694) and his wife Isabella (1625-1686)]; Manuscript note on the flyleaf: y over s.. Binding: Seventeenth-century plain calf binding; nineteenth-century gold-tooled lettering 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
William Langland (1330-1400)