Rapin of gardens. . A Latin poem. In four books. English'd by Mr. Gardiner.
René Rapin (1621-1687)
Category
Books
Date
1728
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3138522
Summary
Bibliographic description
liii,[1], 200, [10] p., plates . ill.., port.. . 8vo.. Eighteenth-century manuscript biography of the author on title page verso. Notes by Gardner Wilkinson on the portrait and the Gardiner/Gardner families on frontispiece & rear endpapers. Provenance: Eighteenth-century sheep, 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered on red label " Rapin on gardens". Endpapers are later replacements.
Makers and roles
René Rapin (1621-1687) James Gardiner (1688-1745)