Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men. . Collected from the conversation of Mr. Pope, and other eminent persons of his time.
Joseph Spence (1699-1768)
Category
Books
Date
1820
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3015335
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxxix,[1],501,[1]p.,[1] leaf of plates : port. ; 21cm. Provenance: No ownership marks. Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf on blue marbled paper over boards, five raised bands (sewn on three cords). Gilt tooled on spine. Maroon leather spine label lettered in gilt "Spence's anecdotes". Marbled endpapers and edges. Bookseller's ticket on upper pastedown "Thomas, Bookseller, Newtown".
Makers and roles
Joseph Spence (1699-1768)