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William Somervile (1675–1742)

The Poetical works of Will. Somervile ; v. 1 / William Somervile 1780

RCIN 1009574

Description

12mo : ill.

Provenance

Originally collected by Napoleon I of France for his son, the King of Rome, later owned by Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria, and purchased by John Jaffe of Nice in 1933 for presentation to King George V. Presented in 1933.
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection William Somervile (1675–1742)
(author)

Search the collection London : John Bell
(publisher)

Search the collection Edinburgh : Apollo Press
(printer)
Groupings
Category
Books
Object type(s)
printed & manuscript material
books
book: full leather bound
book: full leather bound in calf
book: full leather bound in marbled calf
book: binding
book: binding with gold tooling
book: with box
Subject(s)
Language, Linguistics and Literature
Literature
English literature
Poetry

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