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Felix Egger (1659 - 1720)
Category
Books
Date
1704
Materials
Place of origin
Amsterdam
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3213036
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 76 p., 38 leaves of plates : ill ; 4to. Running number: 6211. Provenance: manuscript former shelfmark on front pastedown: "D.2.6." [written by Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript book or inventory number on front free endpaper: "(22)". Manuscript initials or code at foot of title page: "V:M". Binding: eighteenth-century full lightly sprinkled calf; sewn onto five sewing supports with five raised bands; covers have a framework consisting of a double blind fillet border and an inner panel of triple blind fillets, the panel with blind floral cornerpiece stamps; gilt roll pattern along board edges; blind fillet decoration on spine; brown sheepskin title label on spine. Red and blue sprinkled bookblock edges.
Makers and roles
Felix Egger (1659 - 1720), compiler Crispijn van de Passe, the elder (c.1565-1637), engraver (printmaker)