Holkham Library : a history and description / D.P. Mortlock ; with a foreword by the Earl of Leicester.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mortlock, D. P., author.

Contributor:

Leicester, Edward Coke, Earl of, 1936-2015, writer of foreword.

Alexander, J. J. G. (Jonathan James Graham), associated name, former owner.

Roxburghe Club, publisher.

Smith Settle (Firm), printer, binder.

Geoff Green Book Design (Firm), book producer.

Jonathan J.G. Alexander Collection of Books on Medieval Art and Architecture (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Holkham Library--History.

Holkham Library.

Holkham Hall (England).

Coke, Thomas, Earl of Leicester, 1697-1759--Library--History.

Coke, Thomas.

Private libraries--England--Holkham--History.

Private libraries.

Rare books--England--Holkham.

Rare books.

Coke, Thomas, Earl of Leicester, 1697-1759.

Libraries.

England--Holkham.

Genre:

History

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Centaur (Monotype)

Physical Description:

xv, 140 pages : 56 color illustrations (includes facsimiles) ; 36 cm

Distribution:

[London] : [Maggs Brothers]

Manufacture:

Otley, Yorkshire : Smith Settle.

Place of Publication:

[London] : For presentation to the members of the Roxburghe Club, 2006.

Language Note:

Text mainly in English, with some Latin.

Summary:

"A detailed description and history of one of the world's finest private libraries, much of which was acquired by Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (1697-1759) who built Holkham Hall in Norfolk. The family has added to it and sustained it ever since. The core of the collection concentrates on the Renaissance, however a wide variety of interests are represented, for instance there are Sir Edward Coke's 14th century English manuscripts, a remarkable collection of Civil War and Commonwealth pamphlets, some early broadsides of the Virginia Company, and many other treasures"--Roxburghe Club website, viewed August 11, 2016.

Notes:

"Privately printed for members of the Roxburghe Club, 2006. 300 copies of this special edition have been printed of which 200 are for sale"--Title page verso.

"Ordinary edition: 200 copies bound in full green library buckram blocked in gilt on front and spine ... Special edition: 39 copies for sale (of 100) bound in quarter green niger with library buckram sides, blocked in gilt on front and spine"--Roxburghe Club website, viewed August 11, 2016.

"100 copies of the leather-bound volume have been numbered. This is number ..."--Title page verso, special edition.

"Dedicated and presented to the president and members of the Roxburghe Club by the Earl of Leicester"--Page v.

"Designed in Monotype Centaur and produced by Geoff Green Book Design, Cambridge. Printed and bound in Great Britain by Smith Settle, Otley, Yorkshire on Zanders 200gsm Pure Creme"--Title page verso.

Name of distributor from prospectus.

List of members of the Roxburghe Club in 2006: page vii.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-135) and index.

Local Notes:

Ordinary edition: Publisher's green buckram, stamped in gilt.

Special edition: Publisher's quarter green niger and green buckram, stamped in gilt.

LIBRA Rare Z997 .L528 2006 is the gift of Jonathan J.G. Alexander, 2023. Number 20 (the copy number supplied in manuscript) of a limited edition of 100 leather-bound copies; see verso of title leaf.

ISBN:

1901902099

9781901902099

OCLC:

68111501