Davidis Chytræi Continuatio historica ab anno 1595. & tribus sequentibus usq. ad præsentem annum.
David Chytraeus (1531-1600)
Category
Books
Date
1599
Materials
Measurements
153 x 100 x 34 mm
Place of origin
Germany
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3112273
Summary
Full description
Orientation: VerticalText Substrate: handmade, laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink with ms ownership inscription at head of titlepageType: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supportsDate of Binding: 17.4Binder's Name: British - Cambridge End Leaves: sewn 2-leaf outside hook with folded stub and separate pastedown with open joint. Structure: British [Cambridge]Edges: plain-cut, finely sprinkled with red and blue pigment, polished Spine Lining: moderate round, angled joints, no visible linings End Bands: worked 2x2 L-R in blue and white silk thread over a rolled paper core, cut at the joints Bookmark: NoneBoards: 2mm paper pulp board, back-cornered, spine edges chamfered, all slips laced, perpendicularlyCovering: full, brown, tanned calf, sparsely sprinkled with black pigmentTooling Spine: blind-tooled 2-fillet at head and tail of each panel; title label in panel 2 (missing), row of blind-tooled circular tools at the head and tail of the spineTooling Sides: blind tooled asymmetric 3-line tool border frame and inner frame, with external corner fleurons on the inner frame; gold-tooled roll on the board edges. Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes:
Bibliographic description
263, [1] p. . 8vo.. Former shelfmark: Ff.1.9. 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]. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf, blind-panelled. Bound first with his 'Turcica'. - Boards loose.
Makers and roles
David Chytraeus (1531-1600)