Host Volume
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.45
Publication Details
Type of host:
printed book retaining early binding
Title of volume:
Historia Ruth; [and] Esthera
Publication:
Franeker; Leiden: Aegidius Radaeus (1); Iohannes Paetsius (2), 1586 (1); 1586 (2)
Binding Information
Binding style:
blind-stamped, centrepiece
Binding detail:
Brown calf over pasteboard; blind intersecting fillets at edges, large centrepiece; remains of green cord ties in four stations.
Place of binding:
?London
Date range for binding:
s. xvi ex / s. xvii in (post-1586)
Hosting Information
Number of manuscripts represented:
1
Further information
Provenance:
- Samuel Harsnett (1561 – 1631), archbishop of York, 1629 – 31.
