Collections relating to the history of Mary Queen of Scotland. . In four volumes. Containing a great number of original papers never before printed. Also a few scarce pieces reprinted, taken from the best copies. Revised and published by James Anderson, Esq; with an explanatory index of the obsolete words, and prefaces shewing the importance of these collections. ...
James Anderson (1680-1739)
Category
Books
Date
1727 - 1728
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3144153
Summary
Bibliographic description
5v in 4. . 4to.. Vol. IV parts I-II bound in one volume. - Old Wimpole shelfmarks: D6-1 in vol. I [brown ink]; H/4 [pencil]; I.5.30-33 [dark blue ink]. - Pencil and board inners; red sprinkled e"50/4". - Pencil ms on flyleaf of vol. I: "[?].11". - "Copy Contract" (see NT132795) bound at end of vol. I. - Vols. II-III missing spine labels.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754): Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754].. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled leather; two brown gold-tooled labels outlayed on spine; gold-tooled spine, borders and board edges; blind-tooled boards and board inners; red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
James Anderson (1680-1739)