The antiquities of Canterbury. . Or a survey of that ancient citie, with the suburbs, and cathedrall. Containing principally matters of antiquity in them all. Collected chiefly from old manuscripts, lieger-bookes, and other like records, for the most part, never as yet printed. With an appendix here annexed: wherein (for better satisfaction to the learned) the manuscripts, and records of chiefest consequence, are faithfully exhibited. All (for the honour of that ancient metropolis, and his good affection to antiquities) sought out and published by the industry, and goodwill of William Somner.
William Somner (1598-1669)
Category
Books
Date
1640
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3135796
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],516,[12]p.,[3] folded plates . map . 4to.. Variant with the errata leaf. Old Wimpole shelfmarks: G/4 [pencil]; I.4.29 [dark blue ink]. Pencil "589" on pastedown. 17C "2-6" on back flyleaf verso. Provenance: manuscript on flyleaf in a 17C hand: Donu[m] Authoris ffran: Cross. 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 gilt fillet and lozenge tool on spine, red spine label, double blind fillet on covers, remains of green silk ties, red painted edges.
Makers and roles
William Somner (1598-1669)