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 3068788.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.2 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.
Makers and roles
Thomas Brown (1663-1704)