Pithy pleasaunt and profitable workes of Maister Skelton, Poete Laureate to King Henry the VIIIth.
John Skelton (1460-1529)
Category
Books
Date
1736
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3222563
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], xiv, 294, [2] p. ; 12mo. Running number: 7522. 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)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full mottled calf; sewn on three supports; five raised bands; double gilt fillet border; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine; gilt title on brown sheepskin label on spine. Red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
John Skelton (1460-1529) John Stow (London c.1525 - London 1605)