Scandinavia, ancient and modern ; being a history of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway: comprehending a description of these countries; an account of the mythology, government, laws, manners, and institutions of the early inhabitants; and of the present state of society, religion, literature, arts, and commerce. With illustrations of their natural history. By Andrew Crichton, ... and Henry Wheaton, ... ; with a map, and twelve engravings by Jackson. In two volumes. ...
Andrew Crichton (1790-1855)
Category
Books
Date
1838
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3074843
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. : ill., fold. map ; 17 cm (8vo). Loose insert (v.1, p.157) scrap paper page marker, with pencil manuscript numbered book list [? 4601 African discovery - 6453 Jane Taylor]. Bookseller’s ticket on pastedown: Bought of Willis and Sotheran, booksellers & bookbinders, 42, Charing Cross. Provenance: nineteenth-century crest bookplate, after 1831, with earl’s coronet: Lichfield [i.e. Thomas George Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield (1825-1892)]. Binding: nineteenth-century half grained, green calf, with marbled paper on boards; gold tooled spine, gold lettered.
Makers and roles
Andrew Crichton (1790-1855) John Jackson (1801-1848) Henry Wheaton (1785 - 1848)