Last Week of May, 2004 (page 8/10)

Lives of the Berkeleys, pages 92 and 3

Another picture of an open book from the 1880s.

lives of the Berkeleys pages 160, 161

Including the start of a table of prices in 1321, which I have transcribed. [more...]

Lives of the Berkeleys, pages 198 and 199

Another double-page spread from an antiquarian book.

Lives of the Berkeleys pages 240 and 241.

Another double-page spread from an antique book.

Lives of the Berkeleys, pages 272/273

Including a woodcut showing a seal, and text about lord Maurice being a prisoner of King Edward II.

Lives of the Berkeleys pages 310, 311

Another double-page spread. Note, by the way, the marginalia: margin notes giving dates, cross references, folio (page) numbers of the transcription; these are not always [...] [more...]

Lives of the Berkeleys pages 334/335

Further into the book.

Lives of the Berkeleys, pages 344/345

Double-page spread from a 19th century book.

Lives of the Berkeleys, pages 364/5

Showing the book open at the beginning of a chapter (a chapter opening), “His Birth and youths education.”

Lives of the Berkeleys, index

Open at the end of the main index and the start of the index to names of persons.

Lives of the Berkeleys, colophon

The last printing in the book.

Lives of the Berkeleys, inside back cover

The last in the series of images leafing through this old book.