Sophia Seirach siue Ecclesiasticus, . Graece ad exemplar Romanum, & Latine ex interpretatione I. Drusii, cum castigationibus siue notis eiusdem, ad reuerendissimum in Christo patrem D. Iohannem VVhitgiftum archiepiscopum Cantuariensem &c.
John Whitgift (1530 - 1604) Archbishop of Canterbury
Category
Books
Date
1596
Materials
Place of origin
Netherlands
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3106510
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],147,[161]p. . 4to.. Former shelfmarks: Hh.6 (in pencil), Gg.2.7 (black ink). manuscript price on front pastedown: "2s. 8d.". manuscript price on title page: "pret: 1s:2d".. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754): Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754; also found in Wimpole books acquired by his successors].. Binding: Seventeenth-century limp vellum binding, with fore-edges folded over; remains of two vellum ties on each cover; manuscript spine title: "Drusius in Ecclesiasticu[s]".
Makers and roles
John Whitgift (1530 - 1604) Archbishop of Canterbury Joannes Drusius the elder