The works of Mr. Thomas Brown, in prose and verse; serious, moral, and comical. In two volumes.... To which is prefix'd, A character of Mr. Tho. Brown and his writings, by James Drake...
Thomas Brown (1663-1704)
Category
Books
Date
1707
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3068788.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1 of 2. plates . 8vo.. Provenance: 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 Cambridge-style blind-panelled calf bindings; gilt roll on board edges. Both vols. rebacked in blind-tooled calf, with gilt title, vol. no. and date stamped on spines. Red and brown 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
Thomas Brown (1663-1704)