Claude Crespigny of the South Sea House

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Claude Crespigny of the South Sea House
[This post first pub­lished in Decem­ber 2011. Revised May 2013]
❧ Armo­r­ial book­plate, sig­na­ture, crest, cipher, inscrip­tion. ❧
Sir Claude Cham­pion de Crespigny (1706–1782). At death, he left his library to his great nephew, Hugh Rev­e­ley (1772–1851) whose sig­na­ture is in pen­cil on recto of the free end­pa­per. ❧ On spine is Crespigny’s cipher (inter­laced C’s) and crest (On a cha­peau, gules, turned up, ermine, a enhit arm erect, hold­ing a broad sword, proper). ❧ Inscribed on paste­down: “This book was given me by the Hon.ble John Spencer Esq.r A.o 1745.“
❧ Johann Hein­rich Cohausen (1665–1750). Her­mip­pus redi­vivus : or, The sage’s tri­umph over old age and the grave. Wherein, a method is laid down for pro­long­ing the life and vigour of man. Includ­ing a com­men­tary upon an antient inscrip­tion, in which this great secret is revealed; sup­ported by numer­ous author­i­ties. The whole inter­spersed with a great vari­ety of remark­able, and well attested rela­tions. Lon­don : Printed for J. Nourse, 1744. Call num­ber: (Ex)3437.93.345.6