The life, and posthumous writings, of William Cowper, Esqr. . With an introductory letter to the Right Honourable Earl Cowper. By William Hayley, Esqr.
William Cowper (1731-1800)
Category
Books
Date
1806
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 3045418
Summary
Bibliographic description
4v, plates . port. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Marshall Sisson bequest. Imperfect: Vols. 1 and 2 lack title pages. manuscript annotation vol.1 (verso front free endpaper) "4 vols".. Provenance: Nineteenth century armorial bookplate, lettered: "Melville L. Lee". Plain printed label lettered: "Marshall Sisson". manuscript inscription in vols.1 and 2: "Marshall Sisson".. Binding: Nineteenth century full tree calf, gilt rolled to form a border; sewn on three recessed cords; spine gilt tooled; marbled endpapers. Vol.2, front cover detached.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust in 1978 by Marshall Sisson.
Makers and roles
William Cowper (1731-1800) William Hayley (1745-1820)