Stoicheiōsis tēs Christianōn pisteōs, ē Katēchismos, kata tēn palaian onomasian. Toutō kai typos tou ekklēsiastikōn prosetethē euchōn. =. Rudimenta fidei Christianae, vel rudis & elementaria quaedam institutio: quam Catechismum veteres appellarunt....
Jean Calvin (1509 - 1564)
Category
Books
Date
1565
Materials
Place of origin
Switzerland
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3161778
Summary
Bibliographic description
359, [1] p. ; 16mo. Running number: 3233. Provenance: manuscript inscription on inside front board: "C. & P./" [i.e. "collated and perfect" mark of the bibliophile Thomas Rawlinson (1681-1725)]. Manuscript number on front fly-leaf: "842" [in same ink as the "C. & P./", so probably by Thomas Rawlinson]. Manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "Christopher[?] woods[?] booke he dwell by Nayland" [possibly Nayland in Suffolk]. Manuscript initial on second front fly-leaf verso: “M.” [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: sixteenth-century calf; border of two double blind fillets; blind decorative centrepiece stamp; single blind fillet on board edges; gilt title ('Catech: Genev: G. L.') and date ('Steph: 1565') labels on spine.
Makers and roles
Jean Calvin (1509 - 1564) Henri Estienne (1531-1598)