Original papers; . containing the secret history of Great Britain, from the Restoration, to the accession of the House of Hannover. To which are prefixed extracts from the life of James II. as
James 'Ossian' Macpherson (1736-1796)
Category
Books
Date
1775
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3008143
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.,folded plate . table . 4to.. Wanting the extra leaf (219*-220*). Identified in the 1768 catalogue: M.2 [added in a later hand].. Provenance: Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings impaling Cavendish-Bentinck: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford & 1st earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819), pasted over an earlier Grey/Booth/Cavendish-Bentinck plate?. Binding: Calf; spines gilt; yellow page-marker.
Makers and roles
James 'Ossian' Macpherson (1736-1796)