The natural history of Oxford-shire, being an essay towards the natural history of England. By Robert Plot, [...].
Robert Plot (1640-1696)
Category
Books
Date
1705
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3049198
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12],366,[10]p.,[17] plates (1 folding) . map . fol... Identified in 1768 catalogue: L.3. In the Dunham copy quires b and c are misbound.. Provenance: Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings impaling Cavendish-Bentinck: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford & 1st earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819), pasted over an earlier, less well-executed plate of the 5th earl, with the single-tailed lion.. Binding: Sprinkled, panelled calf; blind ruled, rolled and tooled; red spine label: 'Plot's Oxfrodshire'.
Makers and roles
Robert Plot (1640-1696) John Burman (b.ca.1681)