Description
Exeter Fire.- To... Lancelot... Lord Bishop of Exon. The... Petition of Thomas Osborne of Alphington, in the County of Devon..., printed broadside, ink inscription on verso, folds, browned, edges creased and slightly chipped, [not in ESTC], folio, Exeter, no printer, 3rd August 1721; and another, folio (2).
⁂ First mentioned a petition to Lancelot Andrews, Bishop of Exeter for relief after a fire in Alphington, and printed and endorsed by the bishop. This broadside would be circulated amongst the bishop's diocese, hence the inscription on verso, "be pleased to bring in what you Collect at the next visitation where the poor sufferers will be to resieve it".
Lot 44
Exeter Fire.- , To... Lancelot... Lord Bishop of Exon. The... Petition of Thomas Osborne of Alphington, in the County of Devon..., printed broadside, [not in ESTC], Exeter, 1721; and another (2).
Hammer Price: £350
Description
Exeter Fire.- To... Lancelot... Lord Bishop of Exon. The... Petition of Thomas Osborne of Alphington, in the County of Devon..., printed broadside, ink inscription on verso, folds, browned, edges creased and slightly chipped, [not in ESTC], folio, Exeter, no printer, 3rd August 1721; and another, folio (2).
⁂ First mentioned a petition to Lancelot Andrews, Bishop of Exeter for relief after a fire in Alphington, and printed and endorsed by the bishop. This broadside would be circulated amongst the bishop's diocese, hence the inscription on verso, "be pleased to bring in what you Collect at the next visitation where the poor sufferers will be to resieve it".