Firma burgi, . or an historical essay concerning the cities towns and buroughs of England. Taken from records.
Thomas Madox (c 1666-1727)
Category
Books
Date
1726
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3026210
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24],297,[31]p. . ill.. (metal cut) . fol.. Identified in 1768 catalogue: L.2. Imperfect: wanting initial two leaves and sig. B1. The subscribers' list in the Dunham copy is bound-in after the index (I assume it belongs with the prelims.?) Register: [wanting initial 4 leaves]a-d2,[wanting sig. B1]B-4O2,B2[subscriber's list].. Provenance: Monogram spine stamp: GW beneath earl's coronet, letters fronded (25mm x 20mm) [i.e.: George Booth, 2nd earl of Warrington (1675-1758)]. Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings, impaling Cavendish-Bentinck, less well-executed version, with a single tailed lion [i.e.: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford & 1st earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819)].. Binding: Sprinkled, panelled calf; blind rolled, ruled and tooled; spine gilt, monogram spine stamp: GW beneath earl's coronet, letters fronded (25mm x 20mm) [i.e.: George Booth, 2nd earl of Warrington (1675-1758)].
Makers and roles
Thomas Madox (c 1666-1727)