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
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3008147
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.,folded plate . table . 4to.. Not indigenous. Loosely inserted: slip of typed notes by Norris. Provenance: Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on v. 1 pastedown in Norris's hand: Blithfield [Blithfield, Staffordshire, seat of Bagot family].. Binding: Eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf over boards; blind armorial centrepiece stamps of the Bagot family, with baron's coronet; spines gilt; red and brown spine labels with title "Macpherson's original papers"; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
James 'Ossian' Macpherson (1736-1796)