Poems on several occasions. . With some select essays in prose. In two volumes.
John Hughes (1677-1720).
Category
Books
Date
1735
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3009744
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.,plate . port.., ill.. (metal cut) . 12mo.. Subscriber's copy: "The Right Honourable the Lord Hardwicke, Lord-Chief-Justice of the King's-Bench" and "The Right Honourable the Lady Hardwicke" in list of subscribers [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764) and his wife Margaret (1688 or 9-1761)]. Former shelfmarks: Bb/6 (in pencil), Bb.5.22-23 (blue ink).. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754) in both vols. 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].. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf bindings; double gilt fillet border; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spines.
Makers and roles
John Hughes (1677-1720).