The description of Greece,
Pausanias (fl.c.150-175AD)
Category
Books
Date
1824
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3088573
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 v., plates (some folded) ill.,maps (engr.) 8vo. Binding: nineteenth century gilt-tooled calf; gilt tooling on edges of boards; decorative tooling on turn-ins; gilt tooling, title labels reading "Pausanias' Greece" and volume numbers on spine; text block edges marbled green, blue and red; marbled end-papers. Late nineteenth/early twentieth century Christmas card to Master W. Elmslie from E. Laurence[?] inserted into vol. 1; card has an embossed design of lilies and greetings "Best Wishes" and "A happy Christmas and bright New Year to you".
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.
Makers and roles
Pausanias (fl.c.150-175AD) Thomas Taylor (1758-1835)