Poems by the Earl of Roscomon [sic]. . To which is added, an essay on poetry, by the Earl of Mulgrave, now Duke of Buckingham. Together with poems by Mr. Richard Duke.
Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon (1633-1685)
Category
Books
Date
1717
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3122852
Summary
Bibliographic description
[20],536p. . 8vo.. A stray, returned as a gift by David Robertson, Nov. 2008. Modern pencil notes on end pastedown, probably by bookseller: '11/7/ NT/-/- A8,a2,B-Ll8,Mm4 Case, 301'. Pencil note on front pastedown: '1st edition (Dryden etc.) Early ink inscription on front endpaper: y50. Provenance: Bookplates: John Brownlowe, viscount Tyrconnel (armorial; on title page verso); Belton House (earl's coronet & crests; on pastedown). No old Belton pressmark, but as [Study] '35' in 1847 manuscript catalogue. Binding: Eighteenth-century calf, spine gilt.
Makers and roles
Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon (1633-1685) John Sheffield, 1st Duke of the County of Buckingham and Normanby KG, PC (1648-1720) Richard Duke (1658-1711)