Historical register (London, England)
Sun-Fire-Office
Category
Books
Date
1716 - 1738
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3256580
Summary
Bibliographic description
23v. ; 8vo. Running number: 1336. 23 vols. bound in 22 books. Number on spine sometimes misnumbered. Provenance: Library of Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) of Nocton, Lincolnshire. Manuscript initial on front endleaf (nos. 15-22): "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Ellys]. Binding: eighteenth-century quarter bound marbled paper over boards with leather spine. Gilt title on leather label and vol. number tooled directly on to spine (nos. 1 (1716), 7-10); gilt title and number or publication date tooled directly on to spine (nos. 1 (1724)-6, 11-22). Raised bands. No endbands. Supports laced in; pastedown and endleaves at both ends. Red sprinkled edges. Some with holes from original stab-stitching on inner margin visible throughout.
Makers and roles
Sun-Fire-Office , publisher