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Lewis Theobald (1688-1744)
Category
Books
Date
1717
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3075044
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v. . 12mo.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate in each vol.: 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 blind and gold-panelled calf bindings; blind roll on board edges. Red gilt title label on spines of vols. 1-2; vol. 3 rebacked in twentieth-century calf, with new red gilt title label. 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
Lewis Theobald (1688-1744)