The Receipt Book of Ann Blencowe, A.D. 1694
London: The Adelphi, Guy Chapman, 1925. First printing. Hardcover. No. 534 of 650. 8vo, boards in dust jacket, book very good with light wear to spine head, bit of bumping to base of spine, inscription on flyleaf from 1929, jacket VG with light toning and minor loss at spine ends. 60 pp. "Ann, daughter of John Wallis, mathematician and cryptographer (1616-1703), was born in 1656. In 1675 she married John Blencowe (1642-1726) who represented Brackley, Northamptonshire, in Parliament from 1690-1695, and was raised to the Bench in 1696. This receipt book has remained in possession of her descendants." With some receipts laid in from W. Heffer & Sons, Cambridge, for books purchased by a Pittsburgh bibliophile in the 1930s. Very Good / very good. Item #H10840
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