Memoirs of Richard Cumberland / Written by himself, containing an account of his life and writings, interspersed with anecdotes and characters of several of the most distinguished persons of his time with whom he has had intercourse and connexion.

Accession number

PML 129027

Creator

Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811.

Published

London : Lackington, Allen, & Co., 1806.

Credit line

Gift of Charles Ryskamp, 2002.

Notes

Frontispiece signed Romney pinxt Wm Evans sculpt Published for Lackington, Allen & Co. Nov. 1, 1805. Other plates signed also by C. Picart.
"Printed by J. Wright, St. John's Square, Clerkenwell."--T.p. verso.

Description

[ii], 533 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill., front., ports. ; 30 cm

Provenance

John Wells, Esq. bookplate; from the Charles Ryskamp Collection.

Binding

contemporary calf with gilt border and sunbursts on spine, marbled endpapers.

Classification

Book

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Department

Printed Books