An essay towards a topographical history of the county of Norfolk, : containing a description of the towns, villages, and hamlets, with the foundations of the monastries, churches, chapels, chantries, and other religious buildings ... likewise, an historical account of the castles, seats, and manors, their present and ancient owners; together with the ... relicks of antiquity. Collected out of ledger-books, registers, records, evidences, deeds, court-rolls, and other authentick memorials. / By Francis Blomefield, ...
Francis Blomefield (1705-1752)
Category
Books
Date
1805
Materials
Place of origin
Norwich
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3123746.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 1 : ill., coats of arms, geneal. tables, port. ; 4to. Large paper copy. Bookseller's pencil note and code on front free endpaper: "11 vols - LP £12" and "e/b/. ["b" is crossed through, replaced with "d"]. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full polished calf; sewn onto five recessed cords; four false bands; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Blomefield's history of Norfolk', 'Vol. 1.' and list of places included; marbled bookblock edges and endpapers; purple ribbon marker (wanting).
Makers and roles
Francis Blomefield (1705-1752), author