Note 201 — Chapter XIX · “SERVANT OF THE KING’S MAJESTY”
Reading edition
The same paper contains an item for “the garnishing of two books with silver-gilt, 66 oz. at 6s.,” which recalls Holbein’s designs in the British Museum for work of a similar kind. The velvet for covering them was supplied by William Lock, the leading London mercer, at a cost of 43s. 9d.