The diary of the late George Bubb Dodington, : Baron of Melcombe Regis: from March 8, 1748-9, to February 6, 1761. With an appendix containing some curious and interesting papers, ... Now first published from His Lordship's original manuscripts. / By Henry Penruddocke Wyndham.
George Bubb Dodington, 1st Baron of Melcombe Regis (1691-1762)
Category
Books
Date
1784
Materials
Place of origin
Salisbury
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3247531
Summary
Bibliographic description
xv, [1], 502, iv p. ; 8vo. Pencil page references on rear pastedown. Pencil code "TO-H" on rear pastedown. Ephemera: loosely inserted Christmas gift label with manuscript inscription: "Huttleston With love from Margo. see page 15." [i.e. to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966), possibly from Margery Greenwood, Viscountess Greenwood (1886-1968)]. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (small variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Late eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn onto five raised bands; black spine label: 'Dodingtons Diary'; gilt rolled board edges.
Makers and roles
George Bubb Dodington, 1st Baron of Melcombe Regis (1691-1762), author Henry Penruddocke Wyndham (1736 - 1819), editor