Short discourses upon the whole common-prayer, . designed to inform the judgment, and excite the devotion, of such as daily use the same. By Tho. Comber, D.D.
Thomas Comber (1645 - 1699)
Category
Books
Date
1702
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3048030
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],460,[4]p.,plate (folding) . 8vo.. Identified in 1768 catalogue: O.6 (entered in a later hand). manuscript price on front flyleaf: 1s:4d.. Provenance: Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey impaling Booth, Mary. Countess of Stamford [Mary Booth (1704-1772), wife of the 4th earl of Stamford ante 1739, after succession to earldom of Stamford]. manuscript inscription on front flyleaf: Mary, Countess of Stamford [Mary Booth (1704-1772), wife of the 4th earl of Stamford ante 1739, after succession to earldom of Stamford]. The 'W' binding stamp presumably represents 'Warrington' , suggesting this book was bound before the death of Mary Booth's father, George Booth, 2nd earl of Warrington (1675-1758).. Binding: Dark blue morocco; gilt ruled compartments (in style typical of BCP); gilt rolled; striking tulip gilt stamp at each corner of central compartment; gilt 'W' stamp in centre of upper and lower boards; spine gilt, quadruple gilt ruled compartments; edges gilt; red spine label; tulip tool 1.
Makers and roles
Thomas Comber (1645 - 1699)