The life of Erasmus, . more particularly that part of it, which he spent in England; ... With an appendix containing several original papers.
Samuel Knight (1677-1746)
Category
Books
Date
1726
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3006831
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],xxxi,[1],349,348-386,cxliv,[16]p., [19] plates (5 folding) . port.. . 8vo.. With [23] leaves of plates (15 single, 2 folded, 3 double). Former shelfmarks: Hh.5 (in pencil), Hh.5.33 (ink). manuscript in pencil on front pastedown: "271".. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754): Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754; also found in Wimpole books acquired by his successors].. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double gilt fillet and blind dotted roll pattern border; blind roll on board edges; gilt fillets and red gilt title label on spine.
Makers and roles
Samuel Knight (1677-1746)