The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith. . With remarks, attempting to ascertain from local observation, the actual scene of the deserted village; and illustrative engravings, by Mr. Alkin [sic], from drawings taken upon the spot. By Rev. R.H. Newell, B.D. Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge.
Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)
Category
Books
Date
1811
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3018348
Summary
Bibliographic description
iv,152,[6],155,[6],166-182,[7] leaves of plates . ill.. . 4to. Leaves X-Y incorrectly printed and bound. With pencil marginal marks and manuscript notes. Provenance: Twentieth-century pictorial armorial bookplate, a re-working of an earlier William Bell Scott pictorial Trevelyan bookplate (Franks 29799) of Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan (1797-1879), lettered: Charles & Mary Trevelyan [i.e. Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan (1870-1958), & Mary Katharine, (m.1904).] Arms: Trevelyan impaling Bell. Not in Franks.. Binding: Nineteenth-century half leather; marbled boards; gilt tooled spine; leather spine label, lettered: Goldsmith's poetical works.
Makers and roles
Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) Samuel Alken the Elder (London 1756 - London 1815) Robert Hasell Newell (1778-1852)