Details of provenance, owner, donor or other name
Leveson-Gower, George, 2nd Duke of Sutherland (1786-1861);
gilt armorial stamp, showing the coat of arms of the duke: quarterly quartered, 1 grand quarter, quarterly Gower and Leveson surmounted by an escutcheon of Sutherland below an earl's coronet; 2 Gower; 3 Granville; 4 Egerton; 5 Stanley; 6 Strange; 7 Clifford; 8 grand quarter, quarterly France Modern and England; the shield is encircled by the Garter and surmounted by a ducal coronet; see Davenport 193-4; sales: The Trentham Hall Library. Catalogue of the Library of Printed Books and Manuscripts, the Property of His Grace the Duke of Sutherland... (London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 19 Nov. 1906); Catalogue of a portion of the Library from Stafford House... (London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 29 Oct. 1913).
♦ Categorisation: Type: Person. Gender: Unknown. Dates: 1786 to 1861. Period: 18th century to 19th century.
1 entry:
- P-392(2) Plutarchus — Vitae illustrium virorum, et al. — Venice: Nicolaus Jenson, 2 Jan. 1478. Folio.
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