Westmonasterium. . Or the history and antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peters Westminster. Containing, an account of its ancient and modern building, [...] In 2 vol. By Mr. John Dart. To which is added, Westminster Abbey, a poem, by the same author. ...
John Dart (d.1730)
Category
Books
Date
1723
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3048613.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.2. ,[138] plates (4 folding) . ports.. . fol... Wanting errata slip. Subscriber's copy: "The most Honourable the Ld Hervey, &c." in list of subscribers [i.e. Carr, Lord Hervey (1691-1723)]. The Hervey arms appear on fol. VI of the subscribers' arms]. Provenance: Large armorial bookplate in both vols: The Right Honble. John Lord Hervey created Baron of Ickworth in Com. Suff March the 23d. 1702 [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751)]. Marginalia and underscorings in pencil; 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; gold-tooled spines, with brown morocco gilt title and vol. no. labels. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
John Dart (d.1730)