The antiquarian repertory: : a miscellaneous assemblage of topography, history, biography, customs, and manners. Intended to illustrate and preserve several valuable remains of old times. / Chiefly compiled by, or under the direction of, Francis Grose, Esq. F.R. & A.S; Thomas Astle, Esq. F.R. & A.S.; and other eminent antiquaries. Adorned with numerous views, portraits, and monuments. ...
Francis Grose (1731-1791)
Category
Books
Date
1808
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3069058.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 2, plates : ill. ; 4to. Large paper copy? (Ht 33 cm, gt 4.5 cm). Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full calf; gilt fillets and roll to form an outer border; blind fillet and roll to form an inner border; sewn onto five recessed cords; five false bands; gilt tooled spine, lettered direct: 'Antiquarian Repertory Vol. II.'; single gilt fillet on board edges and turn-ins; marbled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Francis Grose (1731-1791), compiler Thomas Astle (1735-1803), compiler Edward Jeffery, publisher