Archæologia Britannica, . giving some account additional to what has been hitherto publish'd, of the languages, histories and customs of the original inhabitants of Great Britain: ... By Edward Lhuyd ... Vol. I. Glossography.
Edward Lhuyd (1660-1709)
Category
Books
Date
1707
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3081229
Summary
Bibliographic description
[20],312,IV,[112],425-436,[4]p. . fol.. Previous shelfmark: H.12.4. Variant: pp. 41-44 misnumbered 1-4. Subscriber's copy: "Sir Richard Middleton Baronet" in list of subscribers [i.e. Sir Richard Myddelton 3rd Bt (1655-1716)]. Identified in 1796 inventory: F 109, price 6s. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 654. Referred in the Chirk accounts for 1707: "Pd to ye hands of Morris ap Evan, five pounds to be pd to Mr Edward Lhuyd, Keeper of the Ashmolea[n] Museum in Oxford, being what my Mastr had subscrib'd towards his expences in Travelling, and 2s for Carag of a Booke from him for my Master" - Chirk Castle Accounts (Continued) A.D. 1666-1753 (Hornchurch, 1931), p. 371.. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914.. Binding: Eighteenth-century Cambridge-style blind panelled calf binding; blind roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with bird and tulip stamps, and red gilt title label.
Makers and roles
Edward Lhuyd (1660-1709)