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
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3070216
Summary
Bibliographic description
[34], 417, [3] p. : ill., plates, maps . 4to. Provenance: monogram on binding with: GA [i.e. George Anson, Lord Anson (1697-1762)]. Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, with crest and motto: Nil Desperandum. Thomas Anson Esqr,, [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)]. Binding: eighteenth-century inlaid green morocco, lavishly decorated with dentelle, red inlaid centrpiece with the monogram GA, surmounted by baron's coronet; gold-tooled ship, globes and anchors on spine.
Makers and roles
Admiral George Anson, 1st Baron Anson(1697 - 1762)