Book
Category
Books
Date
1772
Materials
Place of origin
Twickenham
Collection
Vyne Estate, Hampshire
NT 3179546
Summary
Bound volume of two Strawberry Hill Press publications
Bibliographic description
Provenance: Armorial bookplate: Chute of the Vyne [i.e. Chaloner William Chute (1838-1892); the plate was designed for him in 1885 by his brother-in-law William Wyndham Portal, but also used by later generations]. Possible association copy, as John Chute (1701-1776) of The Vyne was a friend of Horace Walpole, and involved with the foundation of Strawberry Hill. Binding: Eighteenth-century quarter green morocco over boards; marbled paper sides; gilt spine fillets; gilt spine title ‘Grammont. Letters of Edward VI. Misc: antiquit:’; vellum label fixed on spine with ms. title ‘Strawberry Hill Press’.