Katherine North fl.1729-1733

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Katherine NORTH fl.1729

Biographical Note

Fourth (?) daughter of the lawyer, politician and writer Roger North and Mary Gayer of Rougham, Norfolk.

Books

She had a printed book label ('E Libris / Katherine North / Her Book 17 ')(Lee 494), similar in style of that used by her brother Montague. An example in the Franks Collection has the manuscript completion of '29' to indicate a year of acquisition.

Sources

  • Lee, B. N. Early printed book labels. Pinner, 1976.
  • Blatchly, J. 'Square fleuron-bordered labels from Cambridge and Bury St Edmunds', Bookplate Journal, 6.2 (2008), pp. 113-22. (fig. 14).