Contemplations moral and divine. . In three volumes. By Sir Matthew Hale ... With his lordship's letters to his children. ... To which is now prefix'd, the life of the author, by the late Bishop Burnett.
Sir Matthew Hale (1609-1676)
Category
Books
Date
1721
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Townend, Cumbria
NT 3074942
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. . port.. . 12mo.. Shelved with third edition of vol. 3 (D.1.8).. Provenance: Vol. 1 front pastedown has manuscript inscription: "B: Browne" [i.e. Benjamin Browne (1692-1748)], partially obscured by bookplate: 'Thomas Browne, Troutbeck' [i.e. Thomas Browne (1792-1866)]; vol. 2 has same bookplate. manuscript inscription on vol. 1 front front fly-leaf: "B: Browne 1730. Đ.450 betwixt ye Admlty Office & the Horse Guards - the 3 vols. .30l". manuscript inscription on vol. 1 frontispiece recto, and similar manuscript on vol. 2 front fly-leaf: "Empt apud Lond. 20o. die Janry 1730. B Browne pretm. Đ.450, the 3 vols.".. Binding: Both vols. in 18th century mottled calf bindings; spines have ornate gilt floral stamp decoration in panels plus title labels. Autograph "B: Browne" scratched into leather on upper boards of both vols.
Makers and roles
Sir Matthew Hale (1609-1676) Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715) Bishop of Salisbury.