Bibliotheca Britannica; or A general index to British and foreign literature
Robert Watt (1774 - 1819)
Category
Books
Date
1824
Materials
Place of origin
Scotland
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3015208
Summary
Bibliographic description
4v. . 4to.. Price code 'n/m/-'. - Loose plate - 'Mary Russell Mitford . at three years of age'(London: Rogerson & Tuxford, 1852) - in v.4 with pencil inscription 'We thought this child so exceedingly beautiful we could not forbear sending it. J.P.L.' [probably John Ponsonby Lucas (1823-1898), Wilkinson's brother-in-law]. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: 'John Gardner Wilkinson Brynfield House.' [i.e. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1795-1875)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full calf, gilt fillet, 5 raised bands, spine gilt-tooled & lettered on black labels.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.
Makers and roles
Robert Watt (1774 - 1819)