Shelfmark
Gk.5.12
Author
Title
The Thymbriad, (from Xenophon's Cyropœdia [sic].) By Lady Burrell..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Sold by Leigh and Sotheby, York Street, Covent Garden; T. Payne, at the Mews Gate; and J. Robson in Bond Street., 1794..
Physical description
[4], 154, [2] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Note
With a final errata leaf.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T139147
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedown.
Provenance
Ms. note on front flyleaf: "Emily Burrell".
Binding
late 18th/19th-century armorial binding -- red morocco over mill/pasteboards. Covers decorated with gilt rolls to form a border; the centrepiece is a coat of arms with motto "sub libertate ovietem [sic]" -- probably Burrell's; gilt rolls on board edges and turn-ins. Spine flat, decorated with gilt fillets, tools and titling ("The Thymbriad"). Textblock trimmed and gilted. Endpapers of marbled (pastedowns and facing flyleaves) and undecorated paper; three flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Subject
English poetry 18th century.
Genre/Form
Poems.
Genre/Form
Armorial bindings.
Added entry--name
Payne, Thomas, 1719 - 1799 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Robson, James, 1733 - 1806 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Leigh and Sotheby bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51352