Accession number
PML 152337.2
Creator
Penn, John, 1760-1834.
Published
London : Printed for Elmsly ..., Faulder ..., Sewell ..., and Owen and White ..., 1796.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Author of the 1st ed. (1792) identified as John Penn in Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.) I, 180.
Dedication signed John Penn (grandson of William Penn) and dated April 6, 1796.
Errata slip inserted: p. [107].
Dedication signed John Penn (grandson of William Penn) and dated April 6, 1796.
Errata slip inserted: p. [107].
Description
104, [4] p. ; 23 cm (8vo)
Inscriptions/Markings
Dedication signed John Penn (grandson of William Penn) and dated April 6, 1796; inscribed t.p., Rev. Thomas Coombe 1855 From a bequest to him, by Joshua Watson Esq. Park (?) Street Westminster.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of the Earl of Munster, a descendant of William IV (card pasted on verso of front cover, Col. Fitz Clarence); Joshua Watson, Esq.; Thomas Coombe; armorial bookplate of Arthur E. Coombe (on front flyleaf verso); from the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Full black morocco with brown morocco onlays, gilt tooled with naval motifs by Christian S. Kalthoeber, with his ticket; in slipcase.
Classification
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