Complete history of the Holy Bible
Laurence Howel (1664?-1720).
Category
Books
Date
1729
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3174539
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 v. : ill. ; 8vo. Running number: 3476. Provenance: manuscript inscription on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "M. 3. vol. some plates wrong numbered" [i.e. catalogue code and note of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript inscription in pencil on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "8[?]:F.6[-8]". Manuscript bookseller's code on vol. 1 rear pastedown: "eei/iii c 3 vol". Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled calf; double gilt fillet border; blind roll pattern on board edges; gilt fillets, title label and vol. no. on spines. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Laurence Howel (1664?-1720). John Sturt (1658-1730)