Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell.
Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)
Category
Books
Date
1795
Materials
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3150216
Summary
Bibliographic description
xx, 76p. (5 plates) . ill.. (engr. woodcuts) . 4to. Provenance: Ms. inscription: Elizabeth Albana, Countess of Bristol from F. F. 1804 [i.e. to Hon. Elizabeth Albana Upton, Countess of Bristol and later 1st Marchioness of Bristol (1775-1844), probably from Frederick Thomas Foster (b. 1777), son of John Thomas Foster and Elizabeth Hervey, M.P. for Bury St. Edmunds 1812-1818.]. Binding: Nineteenth-century (?) dark straight-grained morocco over boards; gilt fillets and tools to form a border; gilt inner border; spine gilt.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) John Bewick (Northumberland 1760 - Northumberland 1795) Thomas Parnell (1679-1718) Thomas Bewick (Cherryburn 1753 - Gateshead 1828)