The natural history of Stafford-shire
Title
The natural history of Stafford-shire
Creator
Plot, Robert, 1640-1696
Publisher
Oxford : Printed at the Theater
Date
anno MDCLXXXVI 1686
Format
[16], 450, [14] pages, [37] plates (some folded) : illustrations, map ; 33 cm
folio.
folio.
Description
Signatures: pi² a⁴ b² A-3M⁴; (leaf b1 signed b2).
Engravings signed M. Burghers, except plate 25 with I.S. monogram and plate 35 signed Ios. Browne.
Engraved vignette on title page and at head of dedication page.
List of subscribers on final four pages.
Errata on page 450.
Engravings signed M. Burghers, except plate 25 with I.S. monogram and plate 35 signed Ios. Browne.
Engraved vignette on title page and at head of dedication page.
List of subscribers on final four pages.
Errata on page 450.
Provenance
Woolf, D.R. (Daniel R.) former owner;
Bookplate: Ex Libris Daniel Robert Woolf, FRSC;
Library copy lacking fold-out map of Staffordshire (55.5 x 42 cm) surrounded by border of 231 shields of arms, signed Joseph Browne, sculpsit, 1682.
Leaf with shields has been inserted after index.
Marginalia throughout; some have been trimmed.
Bookplate: Ex Libris Daniel Robert Woolf, FRSC;
Library copy lacking fold-out map of Staffordshire (55.5 x 42 cm) surrounded by border of 231 shields of arms, signed Joseph Browne, sculpsit, 1682.
Leaf with shields has been inserted after index.
Marginalia throughout; some have been trimmed.
Contributor
Plot, Robert, 1640-1696 author.
Burghers, Michael, 1647 or 1648-1727, illustrator.
Browne, Joseph, active 1678, engraver.
Gift of Daniel Woolf 2018;
Burghers, Michael, 1647 or 1648-1727, illustrator.
Browne, Joseph, active 1678, engraver.
Gift of Daniel Woolf 2018;
Language
English
Identifier
Dated 1686 .P56;
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700, P2588
Lowndes, W.T. Bibliographer manual of English literature (1871 edition), III:1886
English Short Title Catalogue, R21986
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700, P2588
Lowndes, W.T. Bibliographer manual of English literature (1871 edition), III:1886
English Short Title Catalogue, R21986
Files
Collection
Citation
Plot, Robert, 1640-1696, “The natural history of Stafford-shire,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed May 5, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/818.