Reliquiae Wottonianae: or, A collection of lives, letters, poems; with characters of sundry personages: and other incomparable pieces of language and art. . Also additional letters to several persons, not before printed. By the curious pencil of the ever memorable Sir Henry Wotton Kt. late provost of Eaton Colledge.
Sir Henry Wotton (1568 - 1639)
Category
Books
Date
1685
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3095549
Summary
Bibliographic description
[88],582,[6],585-713,[1]p. . ill.., ports.. . 8vo. Provenance: Bookplate: David Garrick [i.e. David Garrick (1717-1779)]. Printed slip beneath bookplate: 'This book, which formed part of the library of David Garrick, Esq., was, amongst others, bequeathed by Mrs. Eva Maria Garrick, his relict, to George Frederick Beltz, Lancaster Herald, one of the executors of her will'.. Binding: Eighteenth-century blind-panelled sprinkled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges. Rebacked in blind-tooled calf, with gilt title and date stamped on spine.
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 Henry Wotton (1568 - 1639) William Dolle (London 1632 -1680) Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683)