Original letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI. Edward IV. and Richard III.
Sir John Fenn (1739-1794)
Category
Books
Date
1789
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3079626
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.,plates . 4to.. Shelved and uniform with vols. 1-2 (1787). Frontispiece and one plate of vol. 1 are hand-coloured. Not identified in 1768 catalogue.. Provenance: Bookplate in both vols.: George Harry Grey (1737-1819) after 1768; anonymous armorial variant 2. Franks 12841. Previous manuscript shelfmarks (Enville?) on bookplates: "Y.3" and "G.6" [red ink].. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf bindings; single gilt fillet border; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spines, with red title, black vol. no. and green author labels. Marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Sir John Fenn (1739-1794)