Miscellaneous observations upon authors, ancient and modern. Vol. I[-II].
John Jortin (1698-1770) Archdeacon of London
Category
Books
Date
1731 - 1732
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3225811
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. ; 8vo. Running number: 7770. 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)]; with Mitchell's manuscript code at foot of leaf: "ζ'." [i.e. zeta' = Greek number 7]. Nineteenth-century[?] manuscript former shelfmark in pencil on front fly-leaf in both vols.: "18: g.30-31". Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on three sewing supports; five raised bands; double gilt fillet border; blind roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spines; blank panel on both spines where title label should have been; red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
John Jortin (1698-1770) Archdeacon of London, author Edward Capper, author Zachary Pearce (1690-1744), author Thomas Robinson (1700/1-1761), author Rud, Thomas, author John Taylor (1704-1766), author Lewis Theobald (1688-1744), author Thirlby, Styan, author James Upton (1670-1749), author John Walker (1692/3 - 1741), author Joseph Wasse (bap. Hawnby 1671 - 1738), author