The summe of Christian religion, deliuered by Zacharias Vrsinus in his lectures vpon the Catechisme, authorised by the noble Prince Frederick throughout his dominions. Wherein are debated and resolued the questions of vvhatsoeuer points of moment, vvhich haue beene or are controuersed in diuinitie
Zacharias Ursinus (1534-1583)
Category
Books
Date
1617
Materials
Measurements
219 x 176 x 76 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3149084
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing and several manuscript inks Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supports Date of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: British End Leaves: Sewn double guard of plain handmade laid paper Structure: Low Countries Edges: plain-cut, sprinkled with a red pigment after endbanding, polished Spine Lining: slight round, no joints, no linings End Bands: worked 2x2 L-R in white and blue thread over rolled paper cores Bookmark: None Boards: 5mm paper pulp boards, back-cornered, select lace (slips 1, 2, 4 and 5 laced perpendicularly) Covering: full dark brown tanned calf, polished Tooling Spine: blind tooled 1-line toll at head and tail of each panel, 18th-century ms title on paper label in panel 2 Tooling Sides: blind-tooled 2-line border frame, gold-tooled scallop roll on board edges Furniture: None Enclosure: None Binding Notes: Large number of names written of endleaves and titlepage: Nicholas Langhorn, Josiah Shelley (?), Anthony Buxton, Francis P...., Robert Draper, Styles. O n the title page “Davenport Talbot Laycock”. Written on the left endleaf guard: “prætium £0 3s 2d minore pretio non emi
Bibliographic description
[12], 1111, [13] p. ; 4to. Provenance: manuscript ownership inscription (owner's name crossed out and illegible) dated "Cantabrigia April 5th 1650" on leaf A1r. Provenance: inscriptions "Robert Draper : his booke 1658" and "Robert Draper his booke" on title-page verso, and "Robert Draper" on leaves 4B7v and 4B8v. Provenance: seventeenth century manuscript inscription "Josiah ... [surname and motto illegible]" on leaf A1r. Provenance: numerous seventeenth century manuscript ownership inscriptions of Anthony Buxton throughout, including "A Buxton" (using printed signature mark for the A, and with surname written in dots) and "Anthony Buxton his booke" (crossed out) on leaf A1r, "Anthony Buxton his booke" (crossed out) on title-page and "A Buxton" (written in dots) on inside of upper board. Provenance: seventeenth century inscriptions "Nicolaus" on leaf A1v. Various additional seventeenth century inscriptions and pen-tests throughout, including motto "Astice venturo laetantur omnia seclo ignis" and inscription "Come & see" on leaf A1r. Provenance: eighteenth century manuscript inscription "Davenport Talbot, Laycock", i.e. William Davenport Talbot, 1764-1800, on title-page. Binding: seventeenth century blind-tooled calf; gilt tooling on edges of boards; manuscript title label in seventeenth century italic characters reading "Christian Religion" on spine; text block edges sprinkled red and brown.
Makers and roles
Zacharias Ursinus (1534-1583), author