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"AN Establishment of the numbers of men and of the numbers and natures of ye guns fitt to be made and confirm'd upon euery of his majesty's ships, according to ye opinion of ye principall officers and commanders of ye Navy," etc.; 16 Mar. 1673[4]. At the end, f. 9, is added a catalogue of books belonging to George Thorp, of London Bridge, in 1747 and 1750. [Manuscript on paper]; xviith and xviiith centt.
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Style: Centre and cornerpiece made of small tools; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Brown; Edge: Unspecified
Date Binding: 17c
Medium Decorative Technique: Tooled in gold; Cover Material: Goatskin (includes morocco, turkey etc)
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Shelfmark: Add Ms 29733
Place of creation Binding: England
Object history Text: 17c; England; Unspecified
Notes In the original leather binding, richly tooled with gold filagree work. Oblate Duodecimo. Presented by the Rev. Thomas Cartwright Smyth, D.D., Vicar of St. Chad's, Far Headingley, Leeds.
References Check See H M Nixon, English Restoration Bookbindings, London, 1974.
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