Opera et fragmenta veterum poetarum Latinorum profanorum & ecclesiasticorum duobus voluminibus comprehensa. ...
Michael Maittaire (1667-1747)
Category
Books
Date
1713
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3025416
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.([10],1612,[1],1526-1752,[12],7,[1]p.) . fol.. Pagination: vol. 1: [10], 803, [1] p.; vol. 2: [4], 807-1612, [1], 1526-1752, [12], 7, [1] p. Subscriber's copy? 'The Right Honourable John Lord Harvey. Large paper' in list of subscribers [possibly either John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751), or John, Lord Hervey (1696-1743)].. Provenance: Armorial bookplate in both vols: Mary Lady Hervey [i.e. Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey (1696-1768)]. manuscript inscription on title-pages: "M: Hervey" [i.e. Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey (1696-1768)]. manuscript inscription on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "Jos: Russell / To write out for my Ainsworth dictionary the alphabetical index of these authors with a colume for ye year of Xt thus .".. Binding: Eighteenth-century Cambridge-style blind-panelled calf bindings; gilt roll on board edges. Both vols. rebacked in gold-tooled calf, with gilt title label, and vol. no. and date stamped on spines. Red sprinkled edges.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Michael Maittaire (1667-1747)