William Burton of Lindley Esqr: his Description of Leicestershire an[n]o D[omi]ni: 1622.
William Burton (1575-1645)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1622
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3052499
Summary
Author's manuscript of his 1622 publication "The description of Leicester shire" (London: [William Jaggard] for John White). Holograph, signed. Half-title on p. [3]: Leicestershire an[n]o d[omi]ni 1622. Initial [2] p. and final [4] p. blank. Irregularly paginated in ms.
Bibliographic description
[4],174,[4]p., bound . 32cm.. Identified in 1768 catalogue (as "the authors manuscript"): L.3 (4 in later hand).. Provenance: Bookplate: George Harry Grey (1737-1819) after 1768; anonymous armorial variant 2. Franks 12841. manuscript inscription on inside front board: "Thos. Booth Twemlow". manuscript inscription on p. [1]: "The gift of Thomas Booth Esqr to the Earl of Stamford. 1783" [i.e. George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford (1737-1819)]. manuscript notes on inside rear board.. Binding: Seventeenth-century vellum binding over boards; manuscript cover title: "... Burton's Descript[ion] of Leicestershyre".
Makers and roles
William Burton (1575-1645)