A select collection of novels and histories. . In six volumes. Written by the most celebrated authors in several languages. Many of which never appear'd in English before. All new translated from the originals, by several eminent hands.
Dr Samuel Croxall (d.1572)
Category
Books
Date
1729
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Townend, Cumbria
NT 3075278
Summary
Bibliographic description
6v.,plates . ill.. . 12mo.. Provenance: manuscript on vol. 1 front pastedown (with slight variations in all other vols.): "No. 42", "bot at on upper boards. price 18s 0d" [i.e. Benjamin Browne, 1692-1748], and in a later hand "Ben Browne, Troutbeck, Windermere" [i.e. [?] Benjamin Browne, 1787-1807]. manuscript on vol. 1 added title page: "George Browne, Troutbeck, Windermere".. Binding: All vols. in contemporary Cambridge-style calf bindings, blind tooled to a rectangular panel design; board edges have gilt roll decoration; vol. 1 has manuscript fore-edge title: "Novels vol:"; autograph "B: Browne" scratched into leather on upper boards.
Makers and roles
Dr Samuel Croxall (d.1572)