Thomae Hobbesii Malmesburiensis vita. Authore seipso.
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
Category
Books
Date
1679
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3216595
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], 14 p. ; 4to. Running number: 7220. 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)]. On front pastedown can be seen reverse image of manuscript inscription on other, pasted-down side: "C. & P. /" [i.e. the "collated and perfect" mark of the bibliophile Thomas Rawlinson (1681-1725)]. Binding: late seventeenth- or eighteenth-century half-bound sheepskin, with marbled paper over boards; spine cracked along length. Three stab-stitch holes in gutter margin of leaves throughout.
Makers and roles
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)