Accession number
PML 142065
Creator
Somerville, William, 1675-1742.
Published
Birmingham : Printed by Robert Martin, and sold by A. Donaldson ... London, 1767.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Originally published as "The chace."
Hobbinol has separate t.p.
Hobbinol is a burlesque poem, dedicated to William Hogarth.
Printed in Baskerville type face.
Hobbinol has separate t.p.
Hobbinol is a burlesque poem, dedicated to William Hogarth.
Printed in Baskerville type face.
Description
199, [1] p. ; 25 cm
Provenance
Binder's label presenting the volume to Mr. Spence; armorial bookplate of John W. MacKenzie; bookplate of T. Dawson Brodie; bookplate of Templeton Crocker; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Speckled calf, gold-tooled with large columns, stag, swan, and musical instruments, with onlaid medallion of tree calf on both panels, all edges decorated in freehand style with red pigmented paste, ca. 1780 by James Scott of Edinburgh, with his printed ticket on t.p. and green morocco presentation label to "Mr. Spence" inside front cover.
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