A natural history: . containing many not common observations: extracted out of the best modern writers. By Sir Thomas Pope Blount, Baronet.
Sir Thomas Pope Blount (1649-1697)
Category
Books
Date
1693
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3094865
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],469,[3]p. . 8vo. Imperfect: wanting title page.. 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: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding; blind roll on board edges. Rebacked in gold-tooled calf, with red gilt title label and date stamp on spine. Red and brown sprinkled edges.
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
Sir Thomas Pope Blount (1649-1697)