The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
James Boswell (1740-1795)
Category
Books
Date
1791
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3071255
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v., plates . port.. . 4to.. Provenance: Nineteenth-century small Baronet's badge bookplate, with Harpur & Crewe crests, with inscription: Calke Abbey Library [associated with Sir George Crewe, 8th Baronet (1795-1844)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full sprinkled leather binding; gilt rolled border; spine gilt decorated and spine labels gilt lettered.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.
Makers and roles
James Boswell (1740-1795)