The lives and characters of the ancient Grecian poets.. Dedicated to His Highness the Duke of Glocester, by Basil Kennet, M.A. of C.C.C. Oxon.
Basil Kennett (1674-1715)
Category
Books
Date
1697
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 3254526
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12], 189, [1]; [2], 82, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates. ill.., ports... 8vo. Some damage: front flyleaf almost detached; damage to spine at head and tail; upper and lower hinges cracked. Manuscript shelfmark in black ink on front flyleaf: Case 2 Sh 11 No 4', struck through. Provenance: Acquired alongside other volumes formerly belonging to Dyrham Park in April 2022. Binding: late seventeenth or early eighteenth brown leather over boards; sewn on five raised bands; panelled design with central frame formed from double fillets in blind, outer frame from double fillets in blind with sprinkled treatment; outer corners of central frame decorated with small tools in blind; blind tooled board edges; sprinkled edges; gold tooling to spine; red leather spine label with 'Kennet Grecia Poets' lettered in gold.
Makers and roles
Basil Kennett (1674-1715)