Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle. . Transcrib'd, and now first publish'd, from a MS. in the Harleyan Library by Thomas Hearne, M.A. To which is added, besides a glossary ... a continuation (by the author himself) of this chronicle from a MS. in the Cottonian Library. In two volumes.
Robert of Gloucester (1260-1300)
Category
Books
Date
1724
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3135803
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. (XCIV,[2],364; [2],367-800 p.) . 8vo.. Vol. 1 partially unopened. 18C annotation on p. 635. Old Wimpole shelfmarks: G/6 [pencil]; I.3.7-8 [black ink]. Pencil manuscript "253" on vol. 1 flyleaf. Provenance: manuscript on vol. 1 title page verso: P: Yorke, 1724. Domum Samuelis Mead Ar'. List of subscribers includes: Samuel Mead Esq. Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754) in vol. 1: 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: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf over boards, remains of gilt spine tooling, double gilt fillet on covers, gilt rolls on board edges, blind roll on board inners, red and brown sprinkled edges, green silk bookmarks. Old silverfish damage to vol. 2 back cover.
Makers and roles
Robert of Gloucester (1260-1300)