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Latitude
51.51329295
Longitude
-0.084646842
Start Date
1777
End Date
1790

Description

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ID
tcfce

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1740
Binding Date Full
1720-1760
Binding Date Explanation
Vogue period of Harleian ornaments. Book may have been bound by Charles Chauncy (c. 1760s) but lack of armorials leave this unconfirmed.
Binding Type
Full
Binding Colour Simplified
Red
Owner Start Full
1777
Owner End Date Full
1790
Owner Date Explanation
p. 57 of Seymour de Ricci's English Collectors of Books and Manuscripts 1530-1930: (1530–1930) and Their Marks of Ownership [1930, CUP] fills in ownership gap between 1777-90. Books were held by Charles's brother Nathaniel.
Owner
Nathaniel Chauncy (d. 1790)
Owner Location
St Peter-upon-Cornhill, Church, Cornhill, London
Owner Location Explanation
Burial place unknown; defer to location of brother's burial.
Book Location
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
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