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Thomas Sprat (1635-1713) Bishop of Rochester
Category
Books
Date
1734
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3122578
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],438p., plates . ill.. . 4to.. Old Wimpole shelfmarks: C.5.14 [brown ink]; A/8 [pencil]; B.4.20 [deleted], A.2.1 [dark blue ink]. Provenance: Armorial bookplate: The Honble. Charles Yorke [i.e. Charles Yorke (1722-1770, younger brother of the 2nd Earl of Hardwicke; Lord Chancellor, 1770]. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf. Spine with gilt rules and label: Sprat's Royal Society.
Makers and roles
Thomas Sprat (1635-1713) Bishop of Rochester