[Arithmetic exercise book].
Eleanor Brownlow, Viscountess Tyrconnel (1691 - 1730)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
circa 1708
Materials
Place of origin
Belton?]
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3023114
Summary
Manuscript fair-copy exercise book (mostly written on recto pages). Date assumed from use of "January 1707/8" in first addition exercise; accounts for 1706-7 at end of section "Addition of money". Calligraphic decoration on first page of sections. A further 52 leaves unused at end.
Bibliographic description
[132]p. . ill.. . 8vo. Inscription on pastedown (17/18c. hand): "que iayme du plus proffon de mon".. Provenance: Name on flyleaf: Elianor Brownlowe her Booke [= Eleanor Brownlow (1691-1730), 1st wife of Sir John Brownlow, viscount Tyrconnel]. Bookplate: Belton House (earl's coronet & crests). Binding: Vellum boards (17/18c.), with rules and faint blindstamped centrepiece with royal arms.
Makers and roles
Eleanor Brownlow, Viscountess Tyrconnel (1691 - 1730)