The World.
Edward Moore (1712-1757)
Category
Books
Date
1761
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3017429
Summary
Bibliographic description
4 vols., 12mo. Imperfect: wanting vol. 1. Provenance: MS inscription on titlepage: M. A. Buckingham [i.e.: Mary Anne Drury (d. 1769), first wife of John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire]. Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, anonymous: arms of John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire (1723-1793) and his second wife Caroline Conolly (ca.1755–1817m. 1770), with Buck and Talbot supporters, and earl's coronet (not in Franks). [i.e.: Caroline Conolly (c.1755-1817), second wife of John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire], pasted over an earlier bookplate, unidentified. From her to Lady Amelia Anne Hobart (1772-1829), from 1794 wife of Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf; gold-tooled border and cornerpieces; gold-tooled spine; paper spine labels, printed (G) and MS (83-85).
Makers and roles
Edward Moore (1712-1757)