The natural history and antiquities of the county of Surrey. . Begun in the year 1673, by John Aubrey, ...
John Aubrey (1626-1697)
Category
Books
Date
1718 - 1719
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3006883
Summary
Bibliographic description
5v.,plates,table . port.. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Standard paper copy. Loosely inserted: clippings from dealer's catalogues, unrelated to provenance. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate lettered C. W. H. Sotheby. (Not in Franks) [i.e. Charles William Hamilton Sotheby (1820-1887), who inherited Ecton Hall in 1881]. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on v.1 flyleaf in Norris's hand: "Ecton Hall. S. [i.e. Sotheby's] 21/11 55 Lot 17 Đ12. Collated perfect NESN [Norris] apart from missing cut at p.25 of Vol. III as usual in small paper copies". [Ecton Hall, Northamptonshire, home of Sotheby family, famous collectors but apparently unconnected to the auctioneers].. Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf over boards; gilt fillets; gilt-tooled spine; brown leather spine labels; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
John Aubrey (1626-1697)