This book entitled, 'The Works Of Ben Johnson', Volume 4 was printed in London in 1716. The book belonged to George Baillie of Mellerstain House in Berwickshire.
The book, which includes a bookplate of George Baillie dated 1724, is inscribed on the inside, 'Grizell Baillie 1716'.
The Baillies of Mellerstain were a middle-ranking aristocratic family from Berwickshire. Grisell Hume married George Baillie, a member of Parliament, and they travelled widely across the country, accumulating an increasing variety of material goods.
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