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Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719)
Category
Books
Date
1729
Materials
Measurements
170 x 107 x 28 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Townend, Cumbria
NT 3075024
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. . 12mo.. Provenance: manuscript inscription on vol. 1 front pastedown: "No. 31", and "B: Browne ye 2 vols. Đ.390", and on vol. 2 front pastedown: "Empt apud Lond. 1729 p B Browne Đ.390" [i.e. Benjamin Browne (1692-1748)].. Binding: Both vols. in contemporary mottled calf bindings, with double gilt fillet borders; board edges have blind roll decoration; spines have gold stamp decoration in panels and gold roll decoration on raised bands; sprinkled edges; autograph "B: Browne" scratched into leather on upper boards of both vols.
Makers and roles
Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719) Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729)