Mémoires historiques, littéraires et anecdotiques, tirés de la correspondence philosophique et critique, adressée au Duc de Saxe Gotha, depuis 1770 jusqu'en 1792 [recte 1790],
Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm (1723-1807)
Category
Books
Date
1813
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3047576
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v., plate . 8vo.. Previous shelfmark: E.4.11-12. Imperfect: vols. 3 and 4 only; wanting half-titles. Shelved and uniform with vols. 1 and 2 of the 2nd edition (1814). Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 609.. Provenance: Bookplate in both vols.: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914. Pencil manuscript on title pages: "Ch M B" [i.e. Charlotte Myddelton Biddulph (1770-1843)].. Binding: Half-bound calf with marbled paper boards; gold-tooled spines.
Makers and roles
Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm (1723-1807) Denis Diderot (1713-1784)