Luctus Britannici: . or the tears of the British muses; for the death of John Dryden, Esq; late Poet Laureate to their Majesties, K. Charles and K. James the Second. Written by the most eminent hands in the two famous universities, and by several others.
Henry Playford (b.1657)
Category
Books
Date
1700
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire
NT 3141563
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 55, [1]; 24 p.,plate . ill.., port. . fol.. Previous shelfmark: I.5.26. Wanting the portrait. Provenance: Inscribed in ink on title page: 'Bought by H. Dryden / Nov. 1845 / 10/6'; also: 'Bought by H. Dryden / Thorpe. London / Nov 1845 / 3/6'[= for binding?]. Some internal inscriptions part-lost by trimming. Binding: Nineteenth-century purple cloth, black spine-label, gold-lettered.
Makers and roles
Henry Playford (b.1657) Abel Roper (1665-1726) University of Cambridge University of Oxford