A description of the library at Merly in the county of Dorset. = Description de la bibliothèque de Merly dans le comté de Dorset.
Ralph Willett (1719 - 1795)
Category
Books
Date
1785
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3127186
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6], 14 p., plates . ill. . 1o.. Not indigenous. Loosely inserted: clippings from dealer's catalogues, unrelated to provenance. Provenance: Nineteenth-century shield armorial bookplate: John Eykyn Hovenden [editor of Blackstone's 'Commentaries'] (Franks 15471). Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on pastedown in Norris's hand: H. [i.e. Hodgson's] 1/6 51 Lot 639 Đ2-10. Hodgson 2-10-0. In another hand: Twenty fine beautiful copperplate engravings ... Sold for Đ2-10-0 prewar (see Bak. 11. 157). Rare Đ3-10-0. In another hand: Privately printed.. Binding: Eighteenth-century half calf binding; marbled paper over boards; later manuscript paper spine label with title 'Merly Library'; sewn on six raised bands; spine and corners worn.
Makers and roles
Ralph Willett (1719 - 1795)