The dispensary. . A poem. In six canto's.
Sir Samuel Garth (1661-1719)
Category
Books
Date
1706
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3050766
Summary
Bibliographic description
[32],120p. . ill.. . 8vo.. Author's presentation copy. manuscript inscription on front pastedown (in hand of John Hervey (1665-1751)): "Carmina quid Flacci legerem, quid scripta Maronis / Tu mihi nunc Flaccus, tu Maro solus eris". manuscript verse on title page (in hand of John Hervey (1665-1751)): "Those poems justly please, which run so close / That fewer words, could not be us'd in prose".. Provenance: manuscript inscription on title page: "Given to me by ye ingenious author Dr. Garth 21 May 1706" [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751). Armorial bookplate on title page verso: 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 binding; blind roll on board edges. Rebacked in gold-tooled calf, with red title label and gilt date stamp on spine. Red sprinkled edges.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Sir Samuel Garth (1661-1719)