1619

San Marino, LA, California, USA

Copy Number:
Call Number:  600449
Provenance A: Binding Bound in light brown, blind-tooled polished calf with evidence of stubs from silk ties on front board. Spine contains ten compartments with title “Brooke Kings and Viscounts 1619” on red leather label in compartment four and floral ornaments repeated five times, all in gilt.
Provenance B: Ownership Marks Copy contains inscription of Ralph Brooke on title page reading “p. Rafe Brooke alias Yorke Herauld 1619”. Inner front pastedown contains armorial bookplate of the Bridgewater Library, as well as early shelfmarks “52 F11” and “C 3832 Folio”. Recto of first endpaper contains early ink shelfmark “M:4:2.”.
Provenance C: Annotations
Copy contains several annotations in Brooke’s hand throughout, including strikethroughs and various small corrections.

 

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