The ancient and present state of Glostershire.
Sir Robert Atkyns (1647-1711)
Category
Books
Date
1712
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 3049611
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12],859,[7]p., [74] plates (65 folding) . ill.. coats of arms, maps . fol... Imperfect: wanting final 2 leaves of index and a final blank. The Dyrham copy has a portrait of Atkyns as a frontis. The insertion in the Dunham copy suggests that this port. should be present, despite not appearing in the 1768 reprint. Pp. 413-417 describe Dyrham Park; plate between pp.414-415 is of Dyrham Park.. Provenance: Bookplate: [armorial] William Blathwayt of Dyrham in Com. Glocester Esqr. 1702. manuscript inscriptions: (1) on front pastedown: Wm Blathwayt Esq Dirham Glocester; (2) on v. of title page: Wm Blathwayt Esqr. book of Dirham, Glostershire. [i.e. William Blathwayt (1649-1717)]. Binding: Calf; double gilt ruled; rebacked (most of old spine retained and remounted).
Provenance
Indigenous collection purchased by Ministry of Works in 1954 and given to Dyrham Park in 1961.
Makers and roles
Sir Robert Atkyns (1647-1711) Johannes Kip (Amsterdam c.1653 – Westminster 1722)