Opuscules francoises des Hotmans.
François Hotman (1524-1590)
Category
Books
Date
1616
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3221669
Summary
Bibliographic description
[20], 640 p.; [4], 148, 179-198, [2] leaves ; 8vo. Running number: 7391. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "M. After fol. 148 in 2d part, near the end, follows fol. 179, & so on; but the catch word & bottom letter show it to be complete" [i.e. catalogue code and collation note written by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript code at foot of title page: "B.329". Binding: eighteenth-century full polished calf; sewn on three supports; five raised bands; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine, with dolphin and crown stamp; gilt title on goatskin label on spine. Red burnished textblock edges.
Makers and roles
François Hotman (1524-1590) Antoine Hotman (1525-1596) Jean Hotman, seigneur de Villers-Saint-Paul (1552-1636) King James I, King of England (1566-1625)