The free-thinker. . To be continued every Monday and Friday. ...
Ambrose Philips (1674-1749)
Category
Books
Date
1718 - 1721
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3094993
Summary
Bibliographic description
350 no. . 1/2o.. 349 nos. bound in 1 vol. Imperfect: wanting no. 187 (January 4 1719). Each number has red half-penny tax stamp on verso.. Provenance: Many numbers have 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: Twentieth-century quarter-bound brown goatskin, with marbled paper over boards.
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
Ambrose Philips (1674-1749) Hugh Boulter (1672-1742) Archbishop of Armagh