The Craftsman. By Caleb D'Anvers, of Gray's-Inn, Esq;.
Nicholas Amhurst (1697 - 1742)
Category
Books
Date
1731 - 1737
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3003742
Summary
Bibliographic description
14 v. : ill. ; 12mo. Running number: 7544. Imperfect: vols. 1-7 only. Frontispiece plate in vol. 4 with hand-colouring. Provenance: manuscript inscription on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "D 7 vol:". Binding: eighteenth-century full polished calf; sewn on three supports; five raised bands; gilt fillet and roll pattern border; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spines; gilt title and vol. number on brown (faded from green?) morocco label on spines. Red sprinkled textblock edges. Comb and swirl pattern marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Nicholas Amhurst (1697 - 1742), author Nicholas Amhurst (1697 - 1742), editor William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath (1684-1764), author Sir Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678-1751), author