The Harleian miscellany; . or, A collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print, found in the late Earl of Oxford's library, interspersed with historical, political, and critical notes.
Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (1689–1741)
Category
Books
Date
1808 - 1811
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3088400
Summary
Bibliographic description
12v. . 8o.. With marginal marks in contents lists. Stains and finger prints, especially in Vol. VIII indicate that this might have belonged to Lord Macaulay whose books were often stained with shaving soap. Ink marks and torn leaves in Vol. IX. Bookmark at p.412 in Vol. X.. Provenance: Twentieth-century pictorial armorial bookplate, a re-working of an earlier William Bell Scott pictorial Trevelyan bookplate (Franks 29799) of Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan (1797-1879), lettered: Charles & Mary Trevelyan [i.e. Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan (1870-1958), & Mary Katharine, (m.1904).] Arms: Trevelyan impaling Bell. Not in Franks.. Binding: Nineteenth-century full blue leather binding; rebacked and with new endpapers; gilt tooled on spine; gilt lettered on spine: 'Harleian Miscellany'.
Makers and roles
Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (1689–1741)