Accession number
PML 125601
Creator
Philips, John, 1676-1709.
Published
Edinburg : At the Apollo Press, by the Martins, anno 1781 [i.e., 1782].
Credit line
Gift; Mrs. Alexander Hamilton; 1980.
Notes
Added, engraved t.p. and frontispiece have imprints: Printed for John Bell ... London ... 1782. Second letterpress t.p. and colophon dated 1781.
Series on engraved t.p.
"The life of John Philips" (p. [v]-xl) "is principally copied from Dr. Sewell's Life of Philips."--P. [v]
"A poem to the memory of Mr. John Philips ... by Mr. Edmund Smith"--P. [xli]-xlix.
Contents, p. [151]. Last page blank.
Frontispiece after design by Rebecca.
Series on engraved t.p.
"The life of John Philips" (p. [v]-xl) "is principally copied from Dr. Sewell's Life of Philips."--P. [v]
"A poem to the memory of Mr. John Philips ... by Mr. Edmund Smith"--P. [xli]-xlix.
Contents, p. [151]. Last page blank.
Frontispiece after design by Rebecca.
Description
l, [1], 52-150, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 14 cm.
Provenance
Bookplate: Miss E. Hamilton.
Binding
tree calf. With rest of series in 2 book-shaped boxes, as issued by Bell. See advertisement in box.
Classification
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