Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times. . In three volumes. The second edition corrected. By the Right Honourable Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713)
Category
Books
Date
1714 - 1715
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Townend, Cumbria
NT 3074487
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v. . port.. . 8vo.. Imperfect: wanting vol. 3; shelved with (at D.1.11) vol. 3 from an earlier 1711 edition (ESTC t30440).. Provenance: manuscript on vol. 1 pastedown: "No. 74", and "Bot at London in 1733. p B: Browne 3 vols. l.75" [i.e. Benjamin Browne, 1692-1748]. manuscript on vol. 1 title page: "Ben Browne 15s 0d".. Binding: Vol. 1 has 18th century dark calf binding, with single gilt fillet border; vol. 2 has 18th century Cambridge-style calf binding, blind tooled to a rectangular panel design, with gilt tooling on spine. Autograph "B: Browne" scratched into leather on upper boards of both vols.
Makers and roles
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713)