Illustrium Maioris Britanniae scriptorum, . hoc est, Angliae, Cambriae, ac Scotiæ summariu[m], in quasdam centurias diuisum, cum diuersitate doctrinaru[m] atq[ue] annoru[m] recta supputatione par omnes ætates a Iapheto sanctissimi Noah filio, ad annum domini. M.D.XLVIII. Autore Ioanne Balaeo Sudouolca.
John Bale (1495 - 1563), Bishop of Ossory
Category
Books
Date
1548
Materials
Place of origin
Germany
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3135801
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12],255 leaves . ill.. . 4to.. Imperfect: title page mutilated at bottom corner, affecting part of imprint. Sig. Qq misbound. Old Wimpole shelfmarks: G/6 [pencil]; I.3.1 [black ink]. Pencil manuscript "60" on pastedown. Brown ink manuscript "(55:)" on back pastedown. manuscript on fol. 155 in a 16C hand: [] 4. loane of. manuscript on fol. 157 in the same 16C hand: [] leanes backe. Provenance: manuscript on pastedown in a 19C hand: Tittenhanger Library. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf over boards, blind double fillet on spine, blind double fillet and cornerpieces on covers, gilt roll on board edges, red sprinkled edges, red-brown spine label. Old water stains throughout.
Makers and roles
John Bale (1495 - 1563), Bishop of Ossory