The lives of those eminent antiquaries John Leland, Thomas Hearne, and Anthony à Wood; with an authentick account of their respective writings and publications, from original papers. In which are occasionally inserted, memoirs relating to many eminent persons, and various parts of literature. Also several engravings of antiquity, never before published. In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
William Huddesford (1732-1772)
Category
Books
Date
1772
Materials
Place of origin
Oxford
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3015159
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. : ill., ports. ; 8vo. Wanting in vol. 2 the separate title page (leaf a4) for the life of Anthony à Wood and final leaves *H1-2. Leaf inserted in vol. 1 after leaf Q4, numbered 128* on recto, with errata and directions for the placement of the plates on the verso. Provenance: inscribed in ink "R.W. Ketton-Cremer Felbrigg" [i.e. Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)]. With some manuscript annotations and marginalia in pencil, especially on the three portraits of the antiquarians. Binding: twentieth-century quarter-bound brown morocco, with marbled paper over boards. Gilt title and vol. number on spines. Pale yellow textblock edges.
Makers and roles
William Huddesford (1732-1772), editor Thomas Hearne (1678-1735), author Anthony à Wood (Oxford 1632 - Oxford 1695), author John Leland (1506-1552), author John Bale (1495 - 1563), Bishop of Ossory, author