Accession number
PML 7701
Creator
Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.
Published
London : Printed by R. Norton for Robert Pawlet ..., 1677.
Credit line
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes
Variously attributed to Lady Dorothy Pakington, Richard Sterne, and others cf. Dict. nat. biog.
Prefatory letter signed: Hum. H. [i.e. Humphrey, Henchman].
Added engraved t.p.
"To the bookseller" signed: Hum H.
"Private devotions" (p. 159-165) has special t.p.
Prefatory letter signed: Hum. H. [i.e. Humphrey, Henchman].
Added engraved t.p.
"To the bookseller" signed: Hum H.
"Private devotions" (p. 159-165) has special t.p.
Description
[20], 165 p.
Provenance
Philip Southcote (1698-1758), armorial bookplate with shelf mark: B4; Robert James Petre (1713-1742), 8th Baron Petre, armorial bookplate with shelf mark: W5; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Binding
Dark red morocco with gilt-tooling and painted decoration (Restoration/Mearne style).
Classification
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Department