The art of preserving health.
Dr. John Armstrong (1709-1779)
Category
Books
Date
1803
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 3036016
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],152p., [4] leaves of plates . ill.. . 8vo.. Provenance: Anonymous armorial bookplate (quartered; two quarters have saltire on ermine field, the other two quarters have double-headed eagle with legend 'Acon'; crest: boar in net). manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "Edward Humffreys the gift of a very sincere friend Novbr. 22d 1823". manuscript inscription on title page: "S: H Mytton 1823".. Binding: Early nineteenth-century calf binding; gilt fillet and roll pattern border; single gilt fillet on board edges and turn-ins; gold-tooled spine. Marbled edges and endpapers.
Makers and roles
Dr. John Armstrong (1709-1779) John Aikin (1747 - 1822)