Observations in husbandry
Edward Lisle (1666-1722)
Category
Books
Date
1757
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3092559
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvi, 450, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates . port.. . 29cm.. Not indigenous. Provenance: Eighteenth-century inscription on title pages: Alexr [?] Brodie [i.e. Alexander Brodie of Brodie, Lord Brodie (1617-1679)]. Eighteenth- or early nineteenth-century inscription on title pages: Burgie - J - 4 -27. [From the late eighteenth century, Burgie was the temporary home of the library collected by Sophia Brodie (1759-1829) of Lethen, and her husband Lewis Dunbar Brodie (b.1760); it later returned to Lethen. (See Sotheby's catalogue, 25 Feb. 1969)]. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on flyleaf in Norris's hand: Lethen Lib[rar]y. Soth. [Sotheby's] 25/2/69 Lot 199. 2 vols. Đ30 [From the sale of the proprety of Mrs Brodie of Lethen House, Nairn].. Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf over boards; brown leather spine label with title 'Lisle's Husbandry'; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
Edward Lisle (1666-1722) Thomas Lisle