Original papers; . containing the secret history of Great Britain, from the Restoration, to the accession of the House of Hannover. To which are prefixed extracts from the life of James II. as
James 'Ossian' Macpherson (1736-1796)
Category
Books
Date
1775
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3008146
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.,folded plate . table . 4to.. Imperfect: wanting 219*-220*. Provenance: Brownlow arms on binding = 1st earl Brownlow. Vol. 1 has inscription on pastedown: 'Lord Brownlow / Library / Belton House', vol. 2 has armorial bookplate: 'Right Honourable Brownlow Baron Brownlow' [both = 1st baron Brownlow]. Old Belton pressmarks on pastedowns: e/9 and 19.E.8. Binding: Nineteenth-century polished sprinkled calf. Arms in gilt on all boards; coronet and initial B on spines.
Makers and roles
James 'Ossian' Macpherson (1736-1796)