The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
Category
Books
Date
1792
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
NT 3083702.5
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 5, plate . port.. . 8vo. Accession no. 3757.5. Catalogued from Barber catalogue. Provenance: Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Provenance: Armorial bookplate: "Right Honourable Lord Farnborough" [i.e. Sir Thomas Erskine May, (1815-1886)]. Binding: eighteenth-century tree calf binding; narrow rope border to boards; flat gilt spine; red lettering piece and green numeration panels with red onlay for number. Red, white and green headbands, pink silk marker, marbled endleaves. Binding probably by Kalthoeber.
Makers and roles
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) Arthur Murphy (1727-1805)