Bibliographia poetica: . a catalogue of Engleish [sic] poets, of the twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth, centurys, with a short account of their works. ...
Joseph Ritson (1752-1803)
Category
Books
Date
1802
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3126588
Summary
Bibliographic description
ii,[2],404,[399*]-402*, 405-407,[1]p. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: George William Mercer Henderson, of Fordell. [George William Mercer Henderson (1823-1881), ancestor of the Earls of Buckinghamshire]. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on flyleaf in Norris's hand: Đ1.1.0 Fordell House. E[arl] of Buckinghamshire H. [i.e. Hodgson's] 30/3 44 Lot 41. [i.e. Fordell, Fifeshire. Sale of property of John Hampden Mercer-Henderson, 8th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1906-1963)].. Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf over boards; gilt fillets and gilt-tooled inner border; gilt spine tools; brown leather spine label with title: 'Ritson's Bibliographia poetica'; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
Joseph Ritson (1752-1803)