Petyt Library (4 results)

Cloth, 4to, 29 cm, [5], 417 pp A catalogue of the library established early in the 17th century at Skipton and based on bequests and donations from Silvester and William Petyt. There are about 5,500 entries representing perhaps 4,000 works, since everything is analytically catalogued and cross-referenced in detail. The books are overwhelmingly English and the latest date of publication is 1710. A contemporary review noted that "The majority relate to the theological controversies of the later seventeenth century, with a sprinkling of S.T.C. books. Thus works by Baxter, Prynne, Burnet, and Joseph Hall are numerous, as are Civil War and Commonwealth tracts, though other subjects are represented: such as history (Holinshed, Heylyn, Camden, Froissart, Grimestone); geography (Purchas, Mercator, Brunei); science (Hartlib, Evelyn, John Harris), to take a few. Literature of any sort is scarce, though editions of Chaucer, Cowley, Davenant, Jonson, and Milton can be found as well as translations of Tacitus, Rabelais, Camoes, and Ovid." Small 'FSL dupl.' stamp at foot of rear pastedown endpaper, otherwise Very Good ina rubbed and marked slipcase with a short split to one upper edge.

cloth. Petyt Library (illustrator). small 4to. cloth. (viii), 417 pages, with two additional leaves of prints. An extensive catalogue containing full imprints and as much of the title as possible. Lacking the slipcase. Private bookplate of Logan Cowgill on the front pastedown. A near fine copy. The library included over 200 manuscript volumes, 88 law books and 94 history books formed by this eighteenth century collector. Foreword by A. Sephton. A very scarce book.

1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth in a slip case. Elevated motif to the front board. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 417 p., [1] leaf of plates: front. (port.); 28 cm. Subjects: Petyt, Silvester 1640-1719 Library; Catalogs. Skipton (England). Public Libraries. Petyt Library; Catalogs.Libraries Special collections Rare books.Genre: Catalogue.Illustrated. 3 Kg.

1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth in a slip case. Elevated motif to the front board. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 417 p., [1] leaf of plates: front. (port.); 28 cm. Subjects: Petyt, Silvester 1640-1719 Library; Catalogs. Skipton (England). Public Libraries. Petyt Library; Catalogs.Libraries Special collections Rare books.Genre: Catalogue.Illustrated. 1 Kg.