Memoirs of the life and writings of Edward Gibbon, Esq. composed by himself, and illustrated by and from his letters and journal, with occasional notes and narrative by the Right Honourable John Lord Sheffield.
Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)
Category
Books
Date
1827
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Carlyle's House, London
NT 3067404
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v, 1 plate . port.. Laid loose betw. pp. 230 and 231 of vol.2, a ?title page from an edition of Moliere's Le bourgeois gentilhomme. Provenance: Bookplate: Thomas Carlyle; also, on front free endpaper of v2, inscription: "T.Carlyle". Binding: paper boards; printed paper spine-labels.
Makers and roles
Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield (1735-1821)