Dendrologia. Dodona's grove, or, the vocall forrest.
James Howell (1594?-1666)
Category
Books
Date
1640
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3126853
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12],32,39-135,166-219,[1]p., [2] plates . ill.. . fol.. Not indigenous. Provenance: Small seventeenth-century (?) inscription on title page (illegible). Eighteenth-century inscription on flyleaf: Amongst The Old Books at Helmingham new Bound in 1737. [Helmingham Hall, Suffolk, home of Tollemache family who also lived at Ham House. This note and the armorial binding indicate ownership by Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart (1708-1770). Cf. John Blatchly, East Anglian ex-libris (2008) pp.13-16]. Shelfmark (?) "C.V.23" amended in pencil to "L.C.IV". Armorial binding also suggests earlier combined Tollemache / Lauderdale provenance, the two families being connected through Elizabeth Murray (1641-1698), who married Sir Lionel Tollemache, and later John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale. This book may have belonged to her and/or to Lauderdale, in which case it could have been one of the few retained by her when his books were sold in 1687-1692, and passed to her Tollemache descendants (cf. Mark Purcell, 'The Library at Ham House', p. [3]). Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on flyleaf in Norris's hand: Helmingham Hall, Sotheby 17/2 69 Lot 70. Đ110. Loosely inserted: slip of manuscript notes by Norris. Binding: Eighteenth-century full mottled calf over boards; gilt armorial stamps on both covers. On upper cover: Tollemache arms. On lower cover: cypher "E.D" in ligature [Earl of Dysart] with crossed hollow-stemmed palm leaves and earl's coronet; spine gilt with crossed double "L" cyphers and crowns; sewn on six raised bands.
Makers and roles
James Howell (1594?-1666) Matthaeus Merion (1593-1650)