Historiae ecclesiasticae gentis Anglorum libri quinque,
The Venerable Saint Bede (c.673-735)
Category
Books
Date
1722
Materials
Place of origin
Cambridge
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3187169
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 823, [17] p., [4] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., map ; fol. Running number: 4092. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript price in pencil on front fly-leaf: "1-1-0". Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled calf (scratched and worn); double gilt fillet border; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title label. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
The Venerable Saint Bede (c.673-735) King Alfred (849 - 899) George Smith (1693-1756) John Smith (1659-1715) Gerard Vandergucht (London 1696 - London 1776)