The institution of Christian religion, |b written in Latine by M. Iohn Caluine, and translated into English according to the authors last edition, with sundry tables to finde the principall matters entreated of in this booke, and also the declaration of places of Scripture therein expounded, by Thomas Norton. Whereunto there are newly added in the margent of the booke, notes conteyning in briefe the substance of the matter handled in each section.
Jean Calvin (1509 - 1564)
Category
Books
Date
1587
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 3143563
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12], 507, [109] leaves . 4to.. Provenance: Crest bookplate: "William Gibbs.", with motto "En Dios Mi Amparo y Esperanza." [i.e. William Gibbs (1790-1875)]. - Booksellers white ticket on top left of pastedown: "Sold by Brown, 352, Oxford Street, near the Pantheon.". - Booksellers white ticket on top right of pastedown: "Ebenezer Palmer. Bookseller. 18, Paternoster Row. London E.C. Estd. 1819.". - With pen and pencil ms throughout in a variety of hands including on title page: "Sum ex libris Edri: Curll. Ratio est inimica sancta"; on title page verso: "No.1" and on final leaf: "Thomas Strong His Book 1770".. Binding: Sixteenth-century brown leather with brown black-tooled label on spine; blind-tooling on boards; four raised bands on spine.
Makers and roles
Jean Calvin (1509 - 1564) Augustin Marlorat (1506-1562) Thomas Norton (1532-1584)