Thomae Smithi Angli De republica Anglorum libri tres. Quibus accesserunt chorographica illius descriptio, aliique politici tractatus.
Sir Thomas Smith (1513-1577)
Category
Books
Date
1630
Materials
Place of origin
Leiden
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3198387
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12], 404, [12] p. ; 16mo. Running number: 5368. 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)]; with Mitchell's manuscript code at foot of leaf: "½". Manuscript inscription on recto of front fly-leaf: "Joh: Wright Coll: Caij Cant" [i.e. probably John Wright. Adm. pens, (age 16) at Caius College, Cambridge, July 27, 1682. Son of Thomas (1648-9), of Downham, Suffolk -- cf. Alumni Cantabrigienses]. Manuscript price on verso of front fly-leaf: "pret. is viiid" [i.e. 1s 8d]. Manuscript codes on title page. Binding: seventeenth-century calf, very worn, de-laminated, large chunks missing entirely on lower board and spine; blind triple fillet border; recessed cords; remnants on blind triple fillets on spine. red sprinkled edges. Binder's printed waste at front and rear.
Makers and roles
Sir Thomas Smith (1513-1577) Giulio Belli (1570-1650) Joannes de Laet (1581-1649)