The military antiquities of the Romans in Britain.
Captain William Roy (1726-1790)
Category
Books
Date
1793
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3048824
Summary
Bibliographic description
[10],xvi,206,[6]p.,LI plates . maps . fol... Identified in 1768 catalogue: E.1 [crossed through and replaced with 'Table 1.'] (added later in the hand of George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford, 1st earl of Warrington (2nd. cr.) (1737-1819). The members' list contains: George Harry Earl of Stamford [i.e.: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford, 1st earl of Warrington (2nd. cr.) (1737-1819).] In the Dunham copy the list of members of the Society has been bound in after the plates.. Provenance: Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings impaling Cavendish-Bentinck: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford & 1st earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819).. Binding: 1/4 morocco, grained cloth; spine gilt; spine lettered directly onto leather: 'Military antiquities of the Romans in Britain W. Roy 1793'.
Makers and roles
Captain William Roy (1726-1790) John Anderson (1726-1796) Society of Antiquaries of London