An introduction to universal history. . Translated from the Latin of Baron Holberg. With notes historical, chronological, and critical. By Gregory Sharpe, ... The second edition corrected and enlarged. To which is prefixed A short system of geography, with maps, &c.
Baron Johan Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754)
Category
Books
Date
1758
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3075984
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxi,4,[7],341,[1]p.,plates . maps . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Provenance: Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on pastedown in Norris's hand: Newnham Paddox 1/10 '46 [Newnham Paddox, Warwickshire, home of Feilding family, Earls of Denbigh]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf over boards; gilt fillet; pink cloth spine label with title 'Holberg's Introd. to history'; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
Baron Johan Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754) Gregory Sharpe (1713-1771)