Details
Latitude54.18847147 Longitude-2.983683307 Start Date1609 End Date1640
Description
Extended Data
- Binding Date SingleYear
- 1608
- Binding Date Full
- 1607-1610
- Binding Date Explanation
- Bible appears to be a Geneva Bible, printed by Robert Barker before the King James Version (1611). Elaborately decorated to commemorate first owner's deathbed bequest in 1607, so probably bound for second owner shortly after bequest.
- Binding Type
- Full
- Binding Colour Simplified
- Green
- Owner Start Full
- 1607-1610
- Owner End Date Full
- 1640
- Owner Date Explanation
- Death date provided in catalogue.
- Owner
- George Preston (d. 1640)
- Owner Location
- Holker Hall, Cark, Cumbria
- Owner Location Explanation
- Owner's family seat listed in Yale BAC page: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:9319785
- Book Location
- Yale Center for British Art
- Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
- Morocco Binding
- Unique Identifier
Details
Latitude51.50455452 Longitude-0.126046414 Start Date1619 End Date1619
Description
Extended Data
- Binding Date SingleYear
- 1619
- Binding Date Full
- 1619
- Binding Date Explanation
- Royal bindings of James I. Presented to Bodleian upon publication (1619).
- Binding Type
- Full
- Binding Colour Simplified
- Green
- Owner Start Full
- 1619
- Owner End Date Full
- 1619
- Owner Date Explanation
- See binding date explanation.
- Owner
- James I of England (d. 1625)
- Owner Location
- Whitehall, Westminster, London
- Owner Location Explanation
- Resided at Palace of Whitehall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Whitehall
- Book Location
- Bodleian Library, Oxford
- Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
- Morocco Binding
- Unique Identifier
Details
Latitude51.75409408 Longitude-1.254322767 Start Date1619 End Date1800
Description
Extended Data
- Binding Date SingleYear
- 1619
- Binding Date Full
- 1619
- Binding Date Explanation
- Royal bindings of James I. Presented to Bodleian upon publication (1619).
- Binding Type
- Full
- Binding Colour Simplified
- Green
- Owner Start Full
- 1619
- Owner End Date Full
- 1800
- Owner Date Explanation
- See binding date explanation.
- Owner
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Owner Location
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Owner Location Explanation
- Self-explanatory.
- Book Location
- Bodleian Library, Oxford
- Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
- Morocco Binding
- Unique Identifier
Details
Latitude51.50455452 Longitude-0.126046414 Start Date1632 End Date1645
Description
Extended Data
- Binding Date SingleYear
- 1632
- Binding Date Full
- 1632
- Binding Date Explanation
- Dedication copy to Charles I
- Binding Type
- Full
- Binding Colour Simplified
- Green
- Owner Start Full
- 1632
- Owner End Date Full
- 1645
- Owner Date Explanation
- Publication date + Charles I's escape from Oxford.
- Owner
- Charles I
- Owner Location
- Whitehall, Westminster, London
- Owner Location Explanation
- English monarchs resided at Palace of Whitehall in the 1600s.
- Book Location
- Beinecke Library, Yale
- Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
- Morocco Binding
- Unique Identifier
Details
Latitude54.42878656 Longitude-2.962692383 Start Date1640 End Date1653
Description
Extended Data
- Binding Date SingleYear
- 1608
- Binding Date Full
- 1607-1610
- Binding Date Explanation
- Bible appears to be a Geneva Bible, printed by Robert Barker before the King James Version (1611). Elaborately decorated to commemorate first owner's deathbed bequest in 1607, so probably bound for second owner shortly after bequest.
- Binding Type
- Full
- Binding Colour Simplified
- Green
- Owner Start Full
- 1640
- Owner End Date Full
- 1653
- Owner Date Explanation
- Provenance details in catalogue.
- Owner
- Gawen Brathwaite (1583-1653)
- Owner Location
- Ambleside, Cumbria
- Owner Location Explanation
- Location given in catalogue.
- Book Location
- Yale Center for British Art
- Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
- Morocco Binding
- Unique Identifier
Details
Latitude51.96955452 Longitude-1.622629427 Start Date1641 End Date1644
Description
Extended Data
- Binding Date SingleYear
- 1630
- Binding Date Full
- 1637-1664
- Binding Date Explanation
- Publication dates in catalogue and owner's death.
- Binding Type
- Full
- Binding Colour Simplified
- Green
- Owner Start Full
- 1637-1644
- Owner End Date Full
- 1644
- Owner Date Explanation
- Ex dono inscription in catalogue.
- Owner
- William Juxon, 1st Baronet Juxon
- Owner Location
- Little Compton, Warwickshire
- Owner Location Explanation
- Wikipedia page gives details of seat and manors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juxon_baronets
- Book Location
- St John's College, University of Cambridge
- Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
- Morocco Binding
- Unique Identifier
Details
Latitude54.32075469 Longitude-2.559044442 Start Date1653 End Date1724
Description
Extended Data
- Binding Date SingleYear
- 1608
- Binding Date Full
- 1607-1610
- Binding Date Explanation
- Bible appears to be a Geneva Bible, printed by Robert Barker before the King James Version (1611). Elaborately decorated to commemorate first owner's deathbed bequest in 1607, so probably bound for second owner shortly after bequest.
- Binding Type
- Full
- Binding Colour Simplified
- Green
- Owner Start Full
- 1653
- Owner End Date Full
- 1724
- Owner Date Explanation
- Catalogue listing, presumably by inheritance. Genealogy page shows death date: https://www.otway.com/family/378.html
- Owner
- Elizabeth (Brathwaite) Otway (1637-1724)
- Owner Location
- Ingmire Hall, Sedbergh, Cumbria
- Owner Location Explanation
- Husband owned Ingmire Hall at time of his will: https://www.otway.com/family/375.html
- Book Location
- Yale Center for British Art
- Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
- Morocco Binding
- Unique Identifier
Details
Latitude54.32075469 Longitude-2.559044442 Start Date1724 End Date1800
Description
Extended Data
- Binding Date SingleYear
- 1608
- Binding Date Full
- 1607-1610
- Binding Date Explanation
- Bible appears to be a Geneva Bible, printed by Robert Barker before the King James Version (1611). Elaborately decorated to commemorate first owner's deathbed bequest in 1607, so probably bound for second owner shortly after bequest.
- Binding Type
- Full
- Binding Colour Simplified
- Green
- Owner Start Full
- 1724
- Owner End Date Full
- 1800
- Owner Date Explanation
- Catalogue listing, genealogy pages above.
- Owner
- Catherine (Otway) Upton / Upton Family
- Owner Location
- Ingmire Hall, Sedbergh, Cumbria
- Owner Location Explanation
- Ingmire Hall passed into possession of Uptons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingmire_Hall
- Book Location
- Yale Center for British Art
- Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
- Morocco Binding
- Unique Identifier
Details
Latitude52.13730576 Longitude-0.975888144 Start Date1753 End Date1785
Description
Extended Data
- Binding Date SingleYear
- 1632
- Binding Date Full
- 1632
- Binding Date Explanation
- Dedication copy to Charles I
- Binding Type
- Full
- Binding Colour Simplified
- Green
- Owner Start Full
- 1753
- Owner End Date Full
- 1785
- Owner Date Explanation
- Listed as owner in catalogue. Probably inherited book from his father, whose ancestors were Royalists in the English Civil War. His stamp on the binding cannot predate 1753 when he inherited the lordship.
- Owner
- George Fermor, 2nd Earl of Pomfrey and Lord Lempster (1722-1785)
- Owner Location
- Easton Neston, Towcester, Northhamptonshire
- Owner Location Explanation
- Family seat of Fermors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easton_Neston_house
- Book Location
- Beinecke Library, Yale
- Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
- Morocco Binding
- Unique Identifier
Details
Latitude52.89466204 Longitude-0.782492575 Start Date1759 End Date1770
Description
Extended Data
- Binding Date SingleYear
- 1766
- Binding Date Full
- 1766
- Binding Date Explanation
- Catalogue description (Granby was made Commander in Chief in 1766)
- Binding Type
- Full
- Binding Colour Simplified
- Green
- Owner Start Full
- 1759
- Owner End Date Full
- 1770
- Owner Date Explanation
- Publication date / Owner's death date
- Owner
- John Manners, Marquess of Granby (1721-1770)
- Owner Location
- Grantham, Lincolnshire
- Owner Location Explanation
- Owner's family borough, according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Manners,_Marquess_of_Granby/ Probably Belvoir Castle
- Book Location
- University of Oxford, Bodleian Library
- Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
- Morocco Binding
- Unique Identifier
- MBPV0009
Details
Latitude51.51286437 Longitude-0.120391386 Start Date1774 End Date1779
Description
Extended Data
- Binding Date SingleYear
- 1774
- Binding Date Full
- 1774
- Binding Date Explanation
- Dedication copy suggests binding close to publication date.
- Binding Type
- Full
- Binding Colour Simplified
- Green
- Owner Start Full
- 1774
- Owner End Date Full
- 1779
- Owner Date Explanation
- Presumed book dedication date to death of only known 18th c. owner.
- Owner
- David Garrick (1717-1779)
- Owner Location
- Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
- Owner Location Explanation
- Garrick acted at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Garrick
- Book Location
- Houghton Library, Harvard
- Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
- Morocco Binding
- Unique Identifier
Details
Latitude51.50310725 Longitude-0.087747177 Start Date1777 End Date1800
Description
Extended Data
- Binding Date SingleYear
- 1777
- Binding Date Full
- c. 1777
- Binding Date Explanation
- Likely to have been bound close to first ownership inscription (1777). See catalogue.
- Binding Type
- Full, Box/Case
- Binding Colour Simplified
- Green
- Owner Start Full
- 1777
- Owner End Date Full
- 1800
- Owner Date Explanation
- Owner died in 1800s: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F80003
- Owner
- John Atkinson Blanshard (1747-1806)
- Owner Location
- Southwark, London
- Owner Location Explanation
- Blanshard's son was born in Southwark: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/G9F4-VMH/henry-blanshard-1785-1854
- Book Location
- Bodleian Library, Oxford
- Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
- Morocco Binding
- Unique Identifier
Details
Latitude51.36454518 Longitude-2.764896895 Start Date1790 End Date1800
Description
Extended Data
- Binding Date SingleYear
- 1790
- Binding Date Full
- 1790
- Binding Date Explanation
- Dedication copy, almost certainly to Hannah More, who gifted it to the second owner in 1820.
- Binding Type
- Full
- Binding Colour Simplified
- Green
- Owner Start Full
- 1790
- Owner End Date Full
- 1800
- Owner Date Explanation
- See binding date explanation.
- Owner
- Hannah More (1745-1833)
- Owner Location
- Wrington, Somerset
- Owner Location Explanation
- Owner's place of residence from 1785: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_More
- Book Location
- Houghton Library, Harvard
- Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
- Morocco Binding
- Unique Identifier
Details
Latitude50.98804373 Longitude-0.611158183 Start Date1792 End Date1800
Description
Extended Data
- Binding Date SingleYear
- 1792
- Binding Date Full
- 1785-1799
- Binding Date Explanation
- Binding is 'contemporary', so date estimate follows publication.
- Binding Type
- Full
- Binding Colour Simplified
- Green
- Owner Start Full
- 1785-1799
- Owner End Date Full
- 1800
- Owner Date Explanation
- If Earl of Egremont owned book in the 18th c., this is the only possible date range based on publication.
- Owner
- George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1837)
- Owner Location
- Petworth House, West Sussex
- Owner Location Explanation
- Home where 3rd Earl housed his art collection and probably his books was Petworth House: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petworth_House
- Book Location
- Houghton Library, Harvard
- Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
- Morocco Binding
- Unique Identifier
Details
Latitude51.43822124 Longitude-0.33491249 Start Date1796 End Date1797
Description
Extended Data
- Binding Date SingleYear
- 1796
- Binding Date Full
- 1795-1797
- Binding Date Explanation
- Armorial bindings of Horace Walpole as Earl of Orford (d. 1797)
- Binding Type
- Full
- Binding Colour Simplified
- Green
- Owner Start Full
- 1795-1797
- Owner End Date Full
- 1797
- Owner Date Explanation
- Publication date + owner's lifetime.
- Owner
- Horace Walpole (1717-1797)
- Owner Location
- Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, London
- Owner Location Explanation
- Walpole's residence at Strawberry Hill House. Too well-known to provenance scholars to need citation here.
- Book Location
- Lewis Walpole Collection, Yale
- Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
- Morocco Binding
- Unique Identifier
Details
Latitude51.2853982 Longitude-0.124797732 Start Date1797 End Date1800
Description
Extended Data
- Binding Date SingleYear
- 1797
- Binding Date Full
- 1797
- Binding Date Explanation
- Author's personal copy, probably bound on publication.
- Binding Type
- Full
- Binding Colour Simplified
- Green
- Owner Start Full
- 1797
- Owner End Date Full
- 1800
- Owner Date Explanation
- See binding date explanation.
- Owner
- Elizabeth Sophia Tomlins (1762-1828)
- Owner Location
- St Peter and St Paul Church, Chaldon, Surrey
- Owner Location Explanation
- Author's place of death: https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/1470
- Book Location
- Houghton Library, Harvard
- Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
- Morocco Binding
- Unique Identifier