Diaries and correspondence of James Harris, first earl of Malmesbury; . containing an account of his missions to the courts of Madrid, to Frederick the Great, Catherine the Second, and at The Hague; and of his special missions to Berlin, Brunswick, and the French Republic. Edited by his grandson, the third earl.
James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury, KB (1746-1820)
Category
Books
Date
1845
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3018579
Summary
Bibliographic description
4v., frontis. . ill.. (ports..) . 8vo. With an advertisement slip for C.H. Scott's 'The Baltic, the Black Sea and the Crimea' tipped in before half-title of vol. I. With manuscript pencil notes, some inked over - possibly Macaulay's notes inked by his nephew, George Otto Trevelyan (e.g. v.4,p. 255: 'Folly. The very silliest observation that I ever read.' Page 278: 'Dirty sycophant'.) With manuscript date of reading by Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan (1870-1958) in vol. I: Feb. 1892 and on p. 398 of vol. II 'Read for Tripos thus far March 3 1892'.. 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: Publisher's blue cloth.
Makers and roles
James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury, KB (1746-1820) James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury (1807-1889)