Dovaston (John Freeman Milward).- Fuller (Thomas) Gnomologia: Adagies and Proverbs, first edition, John Freeman Milward Dovaston's copy, woodcut head-pieces and initials, occasional staining, contemporary sheep, varnished, head of spine chipped, corners worn, rubbed, large 12mo, for B. Barker [&c.], 1732.
⁂ John Freeman Milward Dovaston (1782-1854), British poet, naturalist and friend of Thomas Bewick.
Provenance: 'This book, once the property of my uncle, Milward Dovaston, was with many others, purchased in the Isle of Man at Douglas, by my friend John Parkes, in the summer of 1824. John F.M. Dovaston, West Felton' (ink inscription to front free endpaper); 'Wm. Dovaston his Booke, 1763 (ink inscription to front free endpaper); 'Milward Dovaston' (ink signature to head of title).
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