The works of Sir William Temple Bart, . complete in four volumes octavo. To which is prefixed, The life and character of the author.
Sir William Temple (1628-1699)
Category
Books
Date
1757
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3026284
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v.,plate . port.. . 8vo. Imperfect: wanting vol. 3. Identified in 1768 catalogue: M.7.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate in each vol.: `Isaac Reynous', with motto `Spernit pericula virtus'. manuscriptprice in pencil on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "Đ1.4.0".. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf bindings; gilt roll pattern border on boards; gilt rolls on board edges and turn-ins; gold-tooled spines, with red title and black vol. no. labels. Marbled edges and endpapers.
Makers and roles
Sir William Temple (1628-1699)