Parallela : sive Memorabilia de vita et moribus pontificum Roman. Christi vicariorum exempla,. cum ethnicorum principum dictis factisque comparata. Ex probatis historicis omnia bonâ fide deprompta; nunc aucta & pluria.
Jean Du Tillet (d.1570) Bishop of Meaux
Category
Books
Date
1610
Materials
Measurements
150 x 92 x 15 mm
Place of origin
Amberg
Collection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 3183529
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Laced case, limp Date of Binding: Contemporary Binder's Name: English?End Leaves: Original endleaves missing. Inserted single bifolium of thin cream wove paper at front and back, tipped to outermost textleaves and pasted to the inside of the cover. Structure: EnglishEdges: plain cut and polishedSpine Lining: flat, no joints, apparently no adhesive (thin paste now lost?), no liningsEnd Bands: None Bookmark: NoneBoards: NoneCovering: Full clean thin sheep parchment with foredge yapps, angled lacing (1 & 2 down , 3 up on front joint, reverse on back)Tooling Spine: LostTooling Sides: NoneFurniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: bound with: Benedictus Claramontanus, Carmina duo: Unum in Papam Roamn. Altera in Jesuitas, Recusa, 1610
Bibliographic description
176, [16]; [2], 14 p. ; 8vo. Provenance: manuscript inscription on title page: "Hannibal Gamon Tandem D.O.M." [i.e. Hannibal Gamon (1582?-1651), Rector of St. Mawgan]. Binding: seventeenth-century limp vellum, sewn on 3 white leather cords. Spine repaired in vellum.
Makers and roles
Jean Du Tillet (d.1570) Bishop of Meaux Claromontanus Benedictus