A comment upon part of the fifth journey of Antoninus through Britain; . in which the situation of Durobrivae, the seventh station there mentioned, is discussed; and Castor, in Northamptonshire, is shewn, ... to have an undoubted claim to that situation. Also, a dissertation on an image of Jupiter found there. Printed from the original manuscript
Kennet Gibson (1730-1772)
Category
Books
Date
1819
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3010743
Summary
Bibliographic description
vi,190p., [12] leaves of plates: . ill.., geneal. table, plan, port.. . .. Not indigenous. Bound (5) with 'Miscellaneous antiquities', nos. 1-4.. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate lettered George Wilbraham [i.e. George Wilbraham (1779-1852), of Delamere House, Northwich, Cheshire] (Franks 31733). Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Forms part of a set with 'Bibliotheca topographica' (1780-90), on v.1 of which is inscribed in Norris's hand: Delamere House 1939 9 [i.e. 10] vols. Đ7-10-0.. Binding: Nineteenth-century full calf over boards; gilt fillets to form a border; gilt flower corner tools; gilt-rolled edges and inner borders; spine gilt; sewn on five raised bands; paper edges gilt. Both boards detached..
Makers and roles
Kennet Gibson (1730-1772) Richard Gough (1735-1809)