Poems, (&c.) on several occasions: . with Valentinian; a tragedy. Written by the Right Honourable John late Earl of Rochester.
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647 - 1680)
Category
Books
Date
1696
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3057250
Summary
Bibliographic description
[10],xv,[7],214p. . 8vo.. Early note above imprint (? price-code): n.p.. Provenance: Initial H (seventeenth-century?) on title page; perhaps related to indistinct word H--- in margin of p. 19, against word "Honour" in text. Signature on flyleaf (washed out but legible): Anne Cust: / Cost 3s. - 1741 [i.e. Anne lady Cust (1694-1779), née Brownlow). Inscription on flyleaf: Perry from Maurice / Feb 19. 1937 [i.e. gift to 6th baron Brownlow from Maurice Baring (1874-1946)]; inscription on pastedown in Baring's hand: Lord Brownlow / Belton House. Engraved bookplate, with ship design [designed by Hilaire Belloc, engr. by H.J. Haley - version A], on pastedown: Ex libris Maurice Baring. Old Belton pressmark on pastedown: I/3. Binding: Panelled calf (late seventeenth-century), rather worn; spine label chipped.
Makers and roles
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647 - 1680) John Fletcher (1579-1625)