Institution de la religion chrestienne /
Jean Calvin (1509 - 1564)
Category
Books
Date
1566
Materials
Place of origin
Geneva
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3188455
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24], 1034, [94] p. ; fol. Imperfect: copy badly mouse-eaten; quires TT-XX moderately damaged; quire AAa severely damaged; quires BBb-CCc and lower board almost entirely missing. Provenance: eighteenth century manuscript inscription "Davenport Talbot", i.e. William Davenport Talbot, 1764-1800, on title page. Seventeenth century manuscript inscription "6", possibly a previous shelfmark, on verso of first free end-paper, facing title page. Binding: seventeenth century Oxford blind tooled calf; gilt stamped centrepiece; evidence of ties at fore-edges of boards; blind tooled fillet with diagonal hatching towards spine on edges of boards; manuscript title label in an eighteenth century italic hand reading "Institutions de la religion Chretienne Calvin" on spine; lower board almost entirely missing.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.
Makers and roles
Jean Calvin (1509 - 1564) , author Augustin Marlorat (1506-1562), editor