Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs Katherine Philips the matchless Orinda. . To which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey and Horace, tragedies. With several other translations out of the French.
Katharine Philips (1631-1664)
Category
Books
Date
1667
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3053636
Summary
Bibliographic description
[34],198,[8],112p., frontis. . ill.., port.. . fol... Some pages torn. Flyleaves scribbled (seventeenth/eighteenth-century; some childish hands). Doggerel includes: 'Master Smith i am glad to se uou nell an so i your Saruant am untell 2 dayes' and 'So clearly hast thou spoke of Friendships nature / All may admire it but ye Friendship hater.'. Provenance: Inscription on flyleaf (amateur calligraphy): Thomas Pelham His book Anno Domini 1668 [probably = Sir Thomas Pelham, Bt. aft. 1st baron Pelham (1650-1712)]. Other identifiable names on flyleaves (perhaps all by the same hand, not signatures): Elizabeth Pelham; Lucy Pelham; John Pelham; Henry Pelham [probably children of Sir Henry Pelham; cf. DNB]. Later signature: Miss Custs 1754 [probably Elizabeth Cust (1724-1769), daughter of Sir Richard Cust and Anne Brownlow]. Bookplate: Belton House (earl's coronet & crests). Old Belton pressmark on pastedown: 82.. Binding: Calf (seventeenth-century), double rules. Worn and soft (in conservation wrapper).
Makers and roles
Katharine Philips (1631-1664) William Faithorne the elder (London c.1616 – London 1691) Pierre Corneille (1606 - 1684)