: 317 ## $aArms of Edward Byde (d.1712) on both covers. Armorial bookplate of Byde, hand-coloured, with MS inscription: "This book was the property of Edward Byde, of Ware-park, co: Herts, Esq: after whose death, it was purchased, (at the sale by auction of a considerable part of his library;) by Thomas, Baron Dimsdale, MD, FRS &c., who on Dec. 27, 1773. presented it to John Zachary." Beneath this, armorial bookplate: "Talygarn" [seat of G. T. Clark]. On facing page, book stamp: TAL-Y-GARN. If the inscription is correct, the auction must have taken place several years after Byde's death in 1712, the year of Dimsdale's birth.$5UK-WlAbNL: WingU124

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