Illustrations of the Anglo-French coinage: . taken from the cabinet of a Fellow of the Antiquarian Societies of London, and Scotland; ...
George Robert Ainslie (1776 - 1839)
Category
Books
Date
1830
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3023334
Summary
Bibliographic description
x,[2],167,[1]p., 7 plates . ill... With errata slip. manuscript [bookseller's?] inscriptions: (1) on front pastedown: 3.N.5; 72[in lower left corner] A[in lower right corner]; (2) on verso of titlepage: dm/.. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front pastedown: In 1831 the Royal Institute of France awarded their gold medal to this work, on completion. Edinburgh 1st Sber '36 Offered to the Reverend Dr. Dibdin by the author Geo: R: Ainslee, Lt. General. [i.e.: presentation copy from the author, George Robert Ainslie (1776-1839) to Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847)]. manuscript inscription on front flyleaf: Dawson Turner, 1839 from Rev. T. Dibdin, to whom it had been given by the author; (see his autograph on the opposite side.) [i.e.: from Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847) to Dawson Turner (1775-1858)].. Binding: Red cloth, printed with titlepage details; spine title in black; as issued; hinges split.
Makers and roles
George Robert Ainslie (1776 - 1839)