Leonora. Translated from the German of Gottfried Augustus Bürgher, by W. R. Spencer, Esq. With designs by the Right Honourable Lady Diana Beauclerc.
Gottfried August Bürger (1747-1794)
Category
Books
Date
1796
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3042835
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 35, [1] p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; fol. Running number: 7296. Some water-staining at head of leaves, especially on guard-sheets. Provenance: small oval armorial bookplate (not listed in Franks): anonymous, arms of Harbord impaling Hobart and Drury, with motto "Aequanimiter" [i.e. arms of William Assheton Harbord, 2nd Lord Suffield (1766-1821) and his wife Lady Caroline Suffield (1767-1850), daughter of John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire; they married in 1792]. Gilt monogram CH centrepiece on both boards [i.e. Lady Caroline Suffield (1767-1850)]. Binding: late eighteenth-century full diced reddish-brown calf; sewn onto five recessed cords; smooth spine; gilt Greek key roll pattern border; gilt monogram CH centrepeice on both boards; single gilt fillet along board edges; gilt roll pattern on turn-ins; gold-tooled spine; gilt title lettered directly onto spine. Pale yellow textblock edges. Marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Gottfried August Bürger (1747-1794), author Lady Diana Spencer, Lady Beauclerk (London 1734 – Twickenham 1808), photographer William Robert Spencer (1769-1834), editor Francesco Bartolozzi (Florence 1727 - Lisbon 1815), engraver (printmaker) Andrew Birrell (fl. c.1770 – c.1820), engraver (printmaker) E. & S. Harding, engraver and publisher