Fragmenta aurea: a collection of all the incomparable peices [sic], written by Sir John Suckling. And published by a friend to perpetuate his memory.
Sir John Suckling (1609-1641)
Category
Books
Date
1658
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3078558
Summary
Bibliographic description
79,90-135[i.e.: 125],[1],64,[96],145-190,[2]p., plate . port.. . 8vo.. Pencil marks on free endpaper verso and flyleaf, portrait of Suckling affixed to back of frontispiece. Provenance: On pastedown: Armorial bookplate: James Walsh, on front free endpaper : Oval armorial (possibly cut from larger bookplate), lettered: T. D. C. Graham. Binding: Seventeenth- century full leather binding, gilt tooled, sewn onto five raised bands, in brown box with note attributing the binding to Thomas Mearne.
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
Sir John Suckling (1609-1641)