Poems, supposed to have been written at Bristol, in the fifteenth century, by Thomas Rowley, priest, &c. . With a commentary, in which the antiquity of them is considered, and defended. By Jeremiah Milles, ...
Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770)
Category
Books
Date
1781 - 1782
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038534
Summary
Bibliographic description
xix,[1],545,[3]p., [1] leaf of plates . facsim.. . 4to.. Imperfect: wanting final leaf. Not identified in 1796 inventory. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 519.. Provenance: Bookplate: 'Richard Myddelton Biddulph, Chirk Castle' [i.e. Richard Myddelton Biddulph (1837-1913)]; Chippendale armorial, pre-1899.. Binding: Eighteenth-century mottled calf binding; gilt roll pattern border; gilt roll on board edges; recessed cords; gilt fillets and urn stamps on spine, with black title label. Marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770) The Reverend Dr Jeremiah Milles (1714-1784) Thomas Tyrwhitt (1730-1786)