Archaioskopia: or, A vievv of antiquity.. Presented in a short, but sufficient account of some of the fathers; men famous in their generations, who lived within or near the first three hundred years after Christ. Serving as a light to the studious, that they may peruse with better judgment, and improve to greater advantage, the venerable monuments of those eminent worthies.
Jonathan Hanmer (1606-1687)
Category
Books
Date
1677
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3161447
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 432 p. ; 8vo. Running number: 3124. Provenance: manuscript initial "M." on front fly-leaf [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]; with Mitchell's manuscript code at foot of leaf: "β'." [i.e. beta' = Greek number 2]; and manuscript price: "4s-6d". The name of the relevant Father of the church to whom the text applies has been written in manuscript ink or pencil at the head of most pages. Binding: seventeenth-century sprinkled calf; double blind fillet border, with quarter double blind fillet; gilt roll pattern on board edges; blind fillets and remnants of label on spine. Marbled edges.
Makers and roles
Jonathan Hanmer (1606-1687) James Howell (1594?-1666) John Howe (1630-1705)