Polymetis: . or, an enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists. Being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another. In ten books. 3026575

Polymetis: . or, an enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists. Being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another. In ten books.

Joseph Spence (1699-1768)

Date

1747

Materials

Place of origin

England

Collection

Ham House, Surrey

NT 3026575

Summary

Bibliographic description

xii,361,[1]p.,plates . ill..,port.. . fol.. Not indigenous. Loosely inserted: publisher's prospectus for Edward Kimpton's 'A new and complete universal history of the Holy Bible'; a printed calendar for 1810, published by George Green[hill?], caption title partly torn away; and a clipping from dealer's catalogue, unrelated to provenance. Provenance: Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf over boards; brown leather spine label with title: 'Spence's Polymetis'; sewn on six raised bands

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Joseph Spence (1699-1768)

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