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
Measurements
188 x 107 x 24 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Townend, Cumbria
NT 3074942.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1. . port.. . 12mo.. Provenance: 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)]; manuscript inscription on front front fly-leaf: "B: Browne 1730. Đ.450 betwixt ye Admlty Office & the Horse Guards - the 3 vols. .30l". Manuscript inscription on frontispiece recto: "Empt apud Lond. 20o. die Janry 1730. B Browne pretm. Đ.450, the 3 vols.".. Binding: 18th century mottled calf binding; spine has ornate gilt floral stamp decoration in panel plus title label. Autograph "B: Browne" scratched into leather on upper boards.
Makers and roles
Sir Matthew Hale (1609-1676) Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715) Bishop of Salisbury.