Accession number
PML 152455.1
Creator
Young, Edward, 1683-1765.
Published
Edinburg : At the Apollo Press, by the Martins, anno 1777.
Credit line
Bequest; Julia P. Wightman; 1994.
Notes
Imprint on engraved t.p.: Printed for John Bell ... London ... 1777.
Each volume has an additional letterpress titlepage.
Vols. I-II: "...containing his Complaint: or, Night-thoughts on life, death, and immortality."--Added letterpress t.p.
Library has vols. I-II only, bound together.
PML copy: vol. II with engraved t.p. and letterpress t.p. bound in.
Binder's title: Young's Night-thoughts.
Inscribed, "The gift of Miss Walker (afterwards Mrs. Whitacre) to M Maitland 1784".
Each volume has an additional letterpress titlepage.
Vols. I-II: "...containing his Complaint: or, Night-thoughts on life, death, and immortality."--Added letterpress t.p.
Library has vols. I-II only, bound together.
PML copy: vol. II with engraved t.p. and letterpress t.p. bound in.
Binder's title: Young's Night-thoughts.
Inscribed, "The gift of Miss Walker (afterwards Mrs. Whitacre) to M Maitland 1784".
Description
4 v. : front., port. ; 13 cm (18mo)
Provenance
Blue engraved bookplate dated 1874; From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Vellum binding by Edwards of Halifax, with paintings on covers; in green morocco chemise and slipcase, gilt tooled with urns and stars, bound by Julia Wightman, 1938.
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