Leges Willielmi conquestoris, et Henrici filii ejus
England
Category
Books
Date
1644
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3174230
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12], 152, [2], 153-158, 157-226, [10] p., [2] leaves of plates : map ; fol. Running number: 4503. Provenance: armorial bookplate on front pastedown: 'Arthur Stone of the Inner Temple, Gent.' (Franks bequest 28259); with manuscript number on bookplate: "792". Manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [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: "ς'." [i.e. Greek character for number 6]. Manuscript underscoring in red pencil and black ink. Binding: eighteenth-century Cambridge-style blind and gold-panelled calf; blind roll pattern on board edges; five raised bands; gold-tooled spine. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
England Sir Roger Twysden, 2nd Baronet MP (1597 - 1672) William Lambarde (1536-1601). Abraham Wheelocke (1593 - 1653) Laurence Nowell (d.1576) Sir Roger Twysden, 2nd Baronet MP (1597 - 1672)