The historie of the reformation of the Church of Scotland: . containing five bookes: together with some treatises conducing to the historie. Published by authoritie.
John Knox (1505-1572)
Category
Books
Date
1644
Materials
Measurements
196 x 160 x 64 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3124109
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Text Substrate: Ink/Pigment: Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supports Date of Binding: Contemporary Binder's Name: British End Leaves:Left: pastedown only survives. Right: Single sheet 2-leaf outside hook with folded stub of plain, white handmade laid paper, the flyleaf missing. Structure: English Edges: plain cut, densely sprinkled with red pigment, polished. Spine Lining: round, quadrant joints, no linings End Bands: a few tiedowns only survive Bookmark: none Boards: Paper pulp boards, back-cornered, perpendicular lacing Covering: full, brown, tanned calf. Tooling Spine: old-tooled 1-line tool over earlier blind tooling at head and tail of each panel; impression of later title label in panel 2 Tooling Sides: Blind-tooled 3-line tool border frame. Furniture: None Enclosure: None Binding Notes:
Bibliographic description
[108],458,[2],139,[1]p. . 4to.. Imperfect: wanting 3N2 (blank). Old Wimpole shelfmarks: Vv/4 [pencil]; Vv.[4].24 [dark blue ink, changed to Vv.5.24]. Provenance: "Wh: Kennet" on title page and back flyleaf verso in an eighteenth-century hand. Armorial bookplate (after 1754): Philip, Earl of Hardwicke. [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754. Also used in books acquired by his successors]. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf over boards, remains of gilt and bind fillet on spine, triple blind fillet on covers, red heavily sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
John Knox (1505-1572)