Accession number
PML 17615.2
Published
Dublin : Printed by Andrew Crook and Samuel Helsham, assigns of Benjamin Tooke, printer to the King's most excellent majesty; and are to be sold by Andrew Crook at His Majesty's printing-house on Ormond-Key; and Samuel Helsham at the Colledge-Arms in Cast
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Notes
Bound with other pamphlets concerning the birth of the Prince of Wales.
Although the binding would imply former ownership, Belle Greene believed it was more probable that the items may have been placed in the binding by Lord Gosford.
Wing incorrectly gives the imprint date as 1688.
Although the binding would imply former ownership, Belle Greene believed it was more probable that the items may have been placed in the binding by Lord Gosford.
Wing incorrectly gives the imprint date as 1688.
Description
[8] p. ; 20 cm; binding: 28 cm
Provenance
Bound with the arms and initials of James II. On the inner board is an engraving by Busan after A.S. Belle entitled: Jacques III. Roy d'Angleterre, Né le 26. Juin 1688 (imprint: Paris: chez Odieuvre, ... rüe des Maturins chez Mr. Joubert). Bookplate: E Libris comities de Gosford; sold to Bain 1884; Earl of Orford sale, Sotheby's 1902 to Quaritch; C.O. Bement; Rosenbach to Pierpont Morgan.
Binding
Pamphlet volume: Brown morocco, gilt, with the arms and initials of James II.
Classification
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