Browne (Sir Thomas). A Letter to a Friend, upon Occasion of the Death of his Intimate Friend, 1st edition, London: for Charles Brome, 1690, 12 pp., moderately browned, a few spots, bound in 1914 in reddish-brown pigskin gilt by Katherine Adams for Sir Geoffrey Keynes, spine faded and rubbed, pale mottling to sides, folio (28.6 x 18 cm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: 1) Sir Geoffrey Keynes (1887-1982), bound for him in 1914 by noted Arts and Crafts bookbinder Katherine Adams (1862-1952) (endpapers with pencilled notes identifying and dating the binding, ownership inscription 'G L Keynes 1914', book-ticket 'ex dono Geoffrey Keynes'); Keynes's bibliography of Sir Thomas Browne appeared in 1924. 2) From the estate of John Lawson (1932-2019). ESTC R19833; Keynes 135; Wing B5158
Browne (Sir Thomas). A Letter to a Friend, upon Occasion of the Death of his Intimate Friend, 1st edition, London: for Charles Brome, 1690, 12 pp., moderately browned, a few spots, bound in 1914 in reddish-brown pigskin gilt by Katherine Adams for Sir Geoffrey Keynes, spine faded and rubbed, pale mottling to sides, folio (28.6 x 18 cm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: 1) Sir Geoffrey Keynes (1887-1982), bound for him in 1914 by noted Arts and Crafts bookbinder Katherine Adams (1862-1952) (endpapers with pencilled notes identifying and dating the binding, ownership inscription 'G L Keynes 1914', book-ticket 'ex dono Geoffrey Keynes'); Keynes's bibliography of Sir Thomas Browne appeared in 1924. 2) From the estate of John Lawson (1932-2019). ESTC R19833; Keynes 135; Wing B5158
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