The Jesuit's memorial for the intended reformation of England, under their first popish prince. . Published from the copy that was presented to the late King James II. With an introduction, and some animadversions, by Edward Gee, rector of St. Benedict Paul's-Wharf, and chaplain in ordinary to Their Majesties.
Robert Parsons (1546-1610)
Category
Books
Date
1690
Materials
Measurements
198 x 128 x 31 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3124133
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade, laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supports Date of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: British End Leaves: Sewn single fold of plain, white, handmade, laid paper, within a single-leaf outside hook with a torn stub, the stub outer pasted to the board Structure: Low Countries Edges: plain-cut, sprinkled in red and brown pigment, polished Spine Lining: moderate round, quadrant joints, no visible linings End Bands: worked 2x2 L-R in brown and white thread over a rolled paper core, cut at the joints Bookmark: none Boards: 3mm paper pulp boards, back-cornered, slips 1, 3 and 5 only laced through 2 holes, perpendicular in theleft board, angled down in the right. Covering: full, brown, tanned calf, sparsely sprinkled with large drops of black pigment Tooling Spine: blind-tooled 2-line tool at head and tail of each panel and across panels at head and tail approximating to the kettlestitches, with a gold-tooled title label in panel 2. Tooling Sides: blind-tooled asymmetric 3-line border frame with small internal blind-tooled corner fleurons; gold-tooled roll on board edges. Furniture: None Enclosure: None Binding Notes:
Bibliographic description
[8],lvi,[16],262,[2]p. . 8vo.. Old NT shelfmarks: Vv.5.17; Vv.5.16. Old Wimpole shelfmarks: Oo2-13 [brown ink, crossed through in dark blue ink]; Vv/4 [pencil]; Vv.4.16 [dark blue ink, changed to Vv.5.16 in pencil]. 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 over boards, double blind fillet on spine and covers, blind roll at spine edges on covers, remains of brown spine label, gilt tooling on baord edges, red and brown sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Robert Parsons (1546-1610) Edward Gee (1657-1730)