Observations on the present collection of epistles between Cicero and M. Brutus, . representing several evident marks of forgery in those epistles; ... in answer to the late pretences of the Reverend Dr. Conyers Middleton. By James Tunstall, ... To which is added, a letter from the Reverend Dr. Chapman on the antient numeral characters of the Roman legions.
James Tunstall (1708-1762)
Category
Books
Date
1744
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3093321
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxx,435,[11]p. . 8vo.. Provenance: Marginalia and underscorings in pencil; according to Sydenham Hervey such "mysterious little pencil marks in the margins" are a sign of ownership by John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751).. Binding: Eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf over boards; gilt fillets; brown leather spine label with title: Tunstall's Answer to Middleton"; sewn on five raised bands.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
James Tunstall (1708-1762) John Chapman (1704-1784)