The British treasury; :. being cabinet the first of our Greek and Roman antiquities of all sorts. Never before printed. /
Nicola Francesco Haym (c.1679-1729)
Category
Books
Date
1720
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3209914.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.2 ;. 4to. Running number: 5988. Ruled in red throughout. Provenance: manuscript inscription on vol. 1 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 vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "1-11-6". Manuscript booksellers' code[?] at foot of vol. 1 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