Book
Nicola Francesco Haym (c.1679-1729)
Category
Books
Date
1719
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3209913
Summary
Bound volume containing Tesoro britannico. v.1 and The British treasury v.1
Bibliographic description
Running number: 5988. Ruled in red throughout. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "M. 2. vol." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript price in pencil on front fly-leaf: "1-11-6". Manuscript booksellers' code[?] at foot of front fly-leaf: "d/wd ˙/.". Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on five raised bands; gilt floral roll pattern along board edges; stained stripe pattern on turn-ins; gold-tooled spines; gilt title 'Hayms Tesoro britannic' on brown sheepskin label on spines; gilt vol. number stamped directly onto dark stained panel on spines. Brown sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Nicola Francesco Haym (c.1679-1729), author