Original letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI. Edward IV. and Richard III. by various persons of rank of consequence; containing many curious anecdotes, relative to that turbulent and bloody, but hitherto dark, period of our history; and elucidating, not only public matters of state, but likewise the private manners of the age: digested in chronological order; with notes, historical and explanatory; and authenticated by engravings of autographs, fac similes, paper marks, and seals. In four volumes. By Sir John Fenn, knight, M.A. and F.A.S. Vol. IV.
Sir John Fenn (1739-1794)
Category
Books
Date
1789
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3079630.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
Vol. 2. Provenance: circular seal armorial bookplate in both vols., printed in gold on vellum (Franks 30060): 'William Twopeny' with motto 'Virtue et industria' (arms Twopeny impaling Best. William Twopeny married Dorothy, daughter of James Best of Park House, Boxley, Kent) [i.e. William Twopeny (1797-1873), antiquarian and bibliophile, of Rochester, Kent]. Pencil inscription on front pastedowns: "XXIV / 1". Binding: nineteenth-century gold-tooled full sprinkled calf; sewn onto four recessed cords; smooth spines; gilt fillet and roll pattern border; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spines; gilt title on red morocco label and gilt vol. number on black morocco label on spines. Yellow textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Sir John Fenn (1739-1794), compiler Thomas Cook (c.1744 - 1818), engraver (printmaker)