The works of the Honourable Sr. Philip Sidney, Kt. in prose and verse. In three volumes. ...
Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)
Category
Books
Date
1724 (1725-1724)
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3042798
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 v., ([10],32,419,[1]; [4],401-881,[1]; [4],64,184,[8]p), plates . port.. . 8vo.. Provenance: Marginalia and underscorings in pencil in vol. 1; according to Sydenham Hervey such "mysterious little pencil marks in the margins" are a sign of ownership by John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751).. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf bindings; double gilt fillet border on boards; blind roll on board edges. Each vol. rebacked in gold-tooled calf, with gilt title, vol. no. and date stamped on spines. Red and brown sprinkled edges.
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
Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) Richard Bellings (d.1677)