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William Nicolson (1655-1727) Archbishop of Cashel
Category
Books
Date
1736
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3079746
Summary
Bibliographic description
xviii,272,18;xviii,[2],148;xvi,118p. . fol.. Not indigenous.. Provenance: Inscriptions on title page recto and verso: Tho. Tipping of Yardley Hertfordshire", with various dates added (1735, 4 April 1736, 18 April 1750, May 1736, 24 Nov. 1743). [i.e. Thomas Tipping, vicar of Ardeley, Herts (formerly Yardley)]. In same hand: further ink notes in Greek and Latin on title page and pastedown, and extensive ink and pencil marginalia throughout. In a different eighteenth-century (?) hand: notes about the author on flyleaf, as found in other Holmes books. Late eighteenth- or early nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: Revd. John Holmes, Gawdy Hall (Franks 15155) [i.e. Gawdy Hall, Harleston, Norfolk]. Book label of Gawdy Hall Library, with its pressmark. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on pastedown in Norris's hand: Gawdy Hall sale 1938 1/-.. Binding: Eighteenth-century full panelled calf over boards; blind fillets and roll-tools; gilt spine title: "Nicolson historical libraries"; sewn on six raised bands.
Makers and roles
William Nicolson (1655-1727) Archbishop of Cashel