Accession number
PML 152454
Creator
Shenstone, William, 1714-1763.
Published
Edinburg : At the Apollo Press, by the Martins, anno 1784.
Credit line
Bequest; Julia P. Wightman; 1994.
Notes
Added engraved t.p. in each v. and frontispiece have imprints: Printed for John Bell ... London ... 1778. Each v. also has a second letterpress t.p.
Preface signed R. Dodsley.
Engraved t.p., after design by Mortimer, has series title.
Inscribed to Amelia Thompson from her friend Miss Dyson Oct. 1855. with one other signature below.
With binders' inscription on second flyleaf, "Bound by Edwards of Halifax cost 1L:16d. and the remains of a name inscribed at top, "F. ...son".
Preface signed R. Dodsley.
Engraved t.p., after design by Mortimer, has series title.
Inscribed to Amelia Thompson from her friend Miss Dyson Oct. 1855. with one other signature below.
With binders' inscription on second flyleaf, "Bound by Edwards of Halifax cost 1L:16d. and the remains of a name inscribed at top, "F. ...son".
Description
2 v. in 1 : ill. (engravings), port. ; 15 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Vellum, bound and painted by James Edwards of Halifax (signed with cost), pink silk doublures; in decorative paper box with blue morocco spine by Julia P. Wightman, 1943.
Classification
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