The first tome of the palace of pleasure, . beautified, adorned, and well furnished with pleasant histories and excellent novels. Very requisite for delight and profit. Chosen and selected out of divers good and commendable authors. By William Painter. From the edition printed by Thomas Marsh, 1575. Edited by Joseph Haslewood.
William Painter (1540-1594)
Category
Books
Date
1813
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3142595
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v...492,[2]p., [1] plate; ([2],xv,[1],392;[2],393-700,[2]p.) . . 24cm.. v.1 (1813) bound and shelved uniformly with v.2 parts 1 & 2 (1813). Provenance: Nineteenth-century small armorial bookplate: Calke Abbey library [associated with Sir George Crewe, 8th Baronet (1795-1844)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full marbled leather binding; gilt tooled border; spine gilt decorated and spine label gilt lettered.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.
Makers and roles
William Painter (1540-1594)