Rider's British Merlin: . for the year of our lord god 1741. Being the first after bissextile or leap-year: adorn'd with many delightful and useful verities, fitting all capacities in the islands of Great Britain's monarchy. With notes of husbandry, fairs, marts and tables for many necessary uses. Compiled for his country's benefit by Cardanus Rider.
Cardanus Rider (Richard Saunders 1613-1675/92)
Category
Books
Date
1741
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dorneywood House and Gardens, Buckinghamshire
NT 3124548
Summary
Bibliographic description
[48]p. . ill.. (woodcut) . 12mo.. Sig. A interleaved; leaves between sigs. A1-6 removed, leaving stubs. 16 blank leaves bound in at end of text. Blank leaves annotated in an eighteenth-century hand include notes on shopping. Provenance: Black ink stamp: The National Trust founded 1895. Binding: Eighteenth-century red goat over boards, gilt tooling on spine, covers and board edges. Geometric pattern on covers includes sunburst centrepieces and crowns within rhomboids. Holes for two pairs of metal? clasps.
Makers and roles
Cardanus Rider (Richard Saunders 1613-1675/92)