Delitiae poetarum Scotorum hujus aevi illustrium.
Arthur Johnstoun (1587-1641)
Category
Books
Date
1637
Materials
Place of origin
Amsterdam
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3108340
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. (699, [1]; 573, [3] p.) ; 12mo. Running number: 7347. Provenance: manuscript inscription on second front fly-leaf in vol. 1: "M. 2. vol." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript inscription on fly-leaf facing title page in vol. 1: "Delitiae" [i.e. title note and catalogue entry for anonymous works, written by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751)]. Manuscript contents list of the authors in seventeenth- or eighteenth-century hand on first front fly-leaf in both vols. Binding: seventeenth-century full calf (vol. 1 front board detached); sewn on four raised bands; double blind fillet border with blind floral cornerpiece stamps; blind dotted roll pattern along board edges; blind fillet panels and gilt title on spine. Dark blue sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Arthur Johnstoun (1587-1641), editor Patrick Adamson, (1537 - 1592), Archbishop of St Andrews, author John Barclay (1582-1621), author William Barclay (1546-1608), author