Accession number
PML 142142-44
Creator
Pütter, Johann Stephan, 1725-1807.
Published
London : Printed for T. Payne and Son ..., L. Davis ..., B. White and Son ..., G. Nicol ..., P. Elmsly ..., and J. Fletcher, at Oxford, 1790.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Imprint information from t.p. of v. 2.
Translation of: Historische Entwicklung der heutigen Staatsverfassung des Teutschen Reichs.
Translator's preface states that his work was undertaken at the queen's request (v. 1, p. xii).
Engraved dedication page with ornamental border following t.p. in v. ; signed by the translator, Josiah Dornford.
Includes tables.
List of subscribers: v. 3, p. [v]-xii.
Errata: v. 3, p. [72].
Vol. 1: [2], xxxix, [1], 512 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: xxxii, 492, [2] p.; v. 3: xxx, 308, vi, 71, [1], [46] p.
Signatures (8vo): v. 1: pi²[-pi2, blank?] A-2K⁸; v. 2: a-b⁸ B-O⁸[-O8, canceled] P-2H⁸ 2I⁸[-I8, blank]; v. 3: a-b⁸ B-U⁸ X² 3A-3N⁸.
Translation of: Historische Entwicklung der heutigen Staatsverfassung des Teutschen Reichs.
Translator's preface states that his work was undertaken at the queen's request (v. 1, p. xii).
Engraved dedication page with ornamental border following t.p. in v. ; signed by the translator, Josiah Dornford.
Includes tables.
List of subscribers: v. 3, p. [v]-xii.
Errata: v. 3, p. [72].
Vol. 1: [2], xxxix, [1], 512 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: xxxii, 492, [2] p.; v. 3: xxx, 308, vi, 71, [1], [46] p.
Signatures (8vo): v. 1: pi²[-pi2, blank?] A-2K⁸; v. 2: a-b⁸ B-O⁸[-O8, canceled] P-2H⁸ 2I⁸[-I8, blank]; v. 3: a-b⁸ B-U⁸ X² 3A-3N⁸.
Description
3 v. ; 24 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Contemporary red morocco, gold-tooled in "Greek-key" borders, with device of the Prince of Wales gold-tooled, surmounting the garter arms onlaid in black morocco.
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