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Antiquities of the House of Brunswick / by Edward Gibbon.

Accession number
PML 130035
Creator
Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794.
Published
[London : Printed by C. Roworth ... ], 1814.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Imprint on p. 206.
Signatures: one unsigned leaf, B-2D4 [D4 blank].
Special issue for presentation to English royalty, bound by George Constable (see Norton).
"Genealogy of the Guelphs" in folding plate after p. 206.
"London: Printed by C. Roworth, Bell-yard, Temple-bar."--Colophon.
Description
[2], 206, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates [folding table] : ill. ; 28 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Presentation inscription from Gibbon's editor and executor Lord Sheffield on verso of 2nd front flyleaf: To Her Royal Highness The Princess Augusta this volume is most respectfully presented by John Lord Sheffield.
Provenance
Princess Sophia Augusta; Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (library stamp); Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Red morocco, gold-tooled, with dentelles, by George Constable.
Classification
Department