Accession number
PML 55185-86
Creator
Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803.
Published
Naples : F. Morelli, 1766-1767.
Credit line
The Fellows;
Description
2 of 4 v., plates (some col.) : engravings ; 51 cm
Notes
PML copy is vols. 1 and 2 only.
Eng. and Fr. t.p., and text.
HIGH RESERVE; for bindings study only.
Eng. and Fr. t.p., and text.
HIGH RESERVE; for bindings study only.
Binding
Red morocco, gilt, with chinoiserie decoration, signed "J B.," i.e. Johann Baumgarten (d. 1782). See H.M. Nixon, "Baumgarten's Will," in: Festschrit Ernst Kyriss (1961), 397-404. There is a similar binding, also signed "J B." in the British Library, 30b17
Provenance
Bookplates of 2nd marquise of Rockingham, and of J.R. Abbey; sale of Rockingham library by Rt. Hon. Earl Fitzwillliam of Wentworth Woodhouse, (Sotheby, 27 April, 1948, lot 658).
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