A voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, ... Compiled from papers and other materials of ... George Lord Anson, and published under his direction, by Richard Walter, ... Illustrated with forty-two copper-plates.
Admiral George Anson, 1st Baron Anson(1697 - 1762)
Category
Books
Date
1748
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3070214
Summary
Bibliographic description
[34], 417, [3] p. . ill.., plates, maps . 4to.. Not indigenous. Imperfect: final leaf of directions to binder wanting. Loosely inserted: clippings from dealer's catalogues, unrelated to provenance. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate lettered C. W. H. Sotheby. (Not in Franks) [i.e. Charles William Hamilton Sotheby (1820-1887), who inherited Ecton Hall in 1881. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on pastedown in Norris's hand: Ecton Hall. S. [i.e.Sotheby's] 21/11 '55. lot 104. [Ecton Hall, Northamptonshire, home of Sotheby family, who were noted collectors but apparently unconnected to the auctioneers].. Binding: Eighteenth-century full mottled calf binding; double gilt fillet; rebacked in early nineteenth-century (?); spine gilt; brown calf spine label with title "Lord Anson's Voyage."; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
Admiral George Anson, 1st Baron Anson(1697 - 1762)