A plan of discipline, composed for the use of the militia of the county of Norfolk.
William Windham (1717 - 1761)
Category
Books
Date
1759
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3259885
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], xxxviii, [2], 30; [2], 60, [4]; [1], 102-197, [1] p., 52 leaves of plates (some fold.) :. ill., tables ;. 21 cm (4to) Provenance: adhered to front pastedown, two Wodehouse bookplates: one with 'Wodehouse / Kimberly 1838' ink inscription, obscuring a larger bookplate with two wodehouses (wildmen) supporters partially visible (possibly Franks 32318/32320); also in pencil on front flyleaf recto, pencil inscription: ' R. W. Ketton-Cremer / Felbrigg / 1954'. Binding: eighteenth-century full polished, speckled calf, gilt-tooled board edges. Five raised bands, gilt-ruled and decorated panels, red spine-label, gilt-lettered. Red speckled edges.
Makers and roles
William Windham (1717 - 1761) The Rt Hon. George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend (1724-1807)