Accession number
PML 5649-50
Creator
Strutt, Joseph, 1749-1802, author.
Published
London : Printed by J. Nichols, for J. Edwards ..., 1796-1799.
Notes
Title continues: Illustrated by engravings taken from the most authentic remains of antiquity : to which is prefixed an introduction, containing a general description of the ancient habits in use among mankind, from the earliest period of time to the conclusion of the seventh century.
Imprint continues: R. Edwards ... B. and J. White ... G.G. and J. Robinson ... and J. Thane ...
With 153 colored plates.
Plates numbered I-CXLIII, excluding frontispieces.
Imprint of v. 2 omits R. Edwards.
Imprint continues: R. Edwards ... B. and J. White ... G.G. and J. Robinson ... and J. Thane ...
With 153 colored plates.
Plates numbered I-CXLIII, excluding frontispieces.
Imprint of v. 2 omits R. Edwards.
Description
2 v. : col. ill. (engravings) ; 30 cm
Provenance
Thomas Thornhill (1837-1900), of Riddlesworth, armorial bookplate (front pastedown), his sale, Sotheby's, 18 April 1889, lot 333; James Toovey (1814-1893), Burnham Abbey booklabel (front pastedown); Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Binding
Red morocco, gilt-tooled.
Classification
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Department