Memoirs of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, from the year 1581 till her death. . In which the secret intrigues of her court, and the conduct of her favourite, Robert Earl of Essex, ... are particularly illustrated. From the original papers of ... Anthony Bacon, ...
Thomas Birch (1705-1766)
Category
Books
Date
1754
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3029348
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. . 4to. Old Wimpole shelfmarks: 67/2 [pencil, in vol. 1 only]; H/4 [pencil]; I.5.26-27 [dark blue ink]. Provenance: Vol. I dedicated "To the Honourable Philip Yorke" [i.e. Philip Yorke 2nd Earl of Hardwicke (1720-1790)] and Vol. II dedicated "To the Honourable Charles Yorke" [i.e. Rt. Hon Charles Yorke (1722-1770) appointed Lord Chancellor 1770]. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf, two brown gold-lettered labels on spine, gold-tooled spine, borders and board edges with insect design roll tools, marbled endpapers, red sprinkled edges, green silk bookmark.
Makers and roles
Thomas Birch (1705-1766)