The works of the Rev. Sydney Smith.
Sydney Smith (1771-1845)
Category
Books
Date
1848
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3000079.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 2 ; 8vo. Provenance: nineteenth-century Anson bookplate with motto ‘Nil desperandum’ and Viscount’s coronet (though seven pearls visible) [i.e. Thomas Anson, created Viscount Anson & Baron Soberton, 1806 (1767-1818) or his son, Thomas William Anson, 2nd Viscount Anson (1795-1854), created Earl of Lichfield, 1831]. Binding: nineteenth-century tree calf; gilt roll border; gilt tooled spine; marbled edges and endpapers; gold lettered black and red spine-labels.
Makers and roles
Sydney Smith (1771-1845), author