A father's legacy to his daughters.
John Gregory (1724-1773)
Category
Books
Date
1778
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3030828
Summary
Bibliographic description
x,[2],132p.,[1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 8vo. (16cm). Former shelfmark: CR.B.4.20. Pencil mark "L-C1". Provenance: Eighteenth-century hand-coloured monogram bookplate, lettered "CB" underneath an earl's coronet and set in an oval frame [i.e. Caroline Conolly (c. 1755-1817), m. in 1770 John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire. Their daughter Amelia Anne Hobart m. Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and 2nd Marquess of Londonderry from 1821]. Stencilled on second flyleaf "C. Buckingham". Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf. Sewn on recessed cords, gilt tooling on spine. Red leather spine label lettered in gilt "Gregor. Legacy". Marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
John Gregory (1724-1773)