Anicius Manlius Severinus Boetius, Of the consolation of philosophy. . In five books. Made English and illustrated with notes, by the Right Honourable Richard Lord Viscount Preston.
Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius (c.465-525)
Category
Books
Date
1695
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3026280
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxxii, 246, [2] p., plate . port.. . 8vo. Provenance: Label inside front cover: Ickworth Bookcase 5 [crossed out] 1 Shelf C2. Inscription on frontispiece portrait: Boethius totus Cagendus est magnus quipped Philosophus et poeta eximius. Inscription on title page: Price 3 8 6d. John & Isabella [ie John, Baron Hervey 1665-1751 and Isabella Carr 1670-1693]. Bookplate [damaged] on title page verso: John Hervey [ie John, Baron Hervey 1665-1751] of Ickworth in Com. Suff. Esqr. 1698. Binding: Seventeenth century calf; spine rebacked [Birdsell?] early twentieth century.
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
Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius (c.465-525) Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston (1648-1695)