Host Volume
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett K.a.7
Publication Details
Type of host:
printed book retaining early binding
Publication:
Basel: Ioannes Oporinus, 1555
Binding Information
Binding style:
blind-stamped, ornaments
Binding detail:
Brown leather over pasteboards, sewn on four thongs. Blind-stamped at centre an ornament of a curved leaf, placed within triple fillets with, at each corner of the outermost rectangle they form, a gilded flower ornament. Signs of there having been two cloths ties.
Date range for binding:
s. xvi2
Hosting Information
Number of manuscripts represented:
1 (2 fragments)
Further information
Provenance:
- Samuel Harsnett
Date published:
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 10:05
Date last updated:
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 11:24
