Contemporary annotations to all the woodcut title-pages; Last leaf is a facsimile
Galfriduslacks a1, a4 repaired; ruled in red, scattered marginalia
Hilton, Walter, d. 13961 pp.; Tipped into WS.PRS.4.10
Halley, Edmond,This is a unique item, presumably retained by the author for correction.
Pell, John, 1611-1685Settle's printed poem has been pasted onto large pages and illuminated in an ornate style with architectural and armorial details. These designs are echoed in the binding, which is red morocco with dark blue onlay and decorated with gold and blind tooling. The item was conserved in the 20th century with its corners and spine repaired with brown calf.
it has been suggested that the binding is recycled from an earlier volume. The coats of arms are those of a man from the Savile family, ensigned by an earl's coronet, suggesting a date from 1679-1682, when the grandfather of Lady Dorothy Savile, Lord Burlington's wife, was Earl of Halifax.
Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724Round dial with Roman chapters on a black ground, the drop case later in walnut with an ebonised moulding, the figured walnut door feather banded, eight day timepiece movement.
Moore, Thomas, d. 1762