The history of Greece, properly so called. Vol. I. To the accession of Alexander of Macedon. (-II)
John Gast (1716-1788)
Category
Books
Date
1793
Materials
Place of origin
Ireland
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3112115
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v., frontis. port., . ill.., map (fold.), port.. . 8vo.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (after 1754): Philip, Earl of Hardwicke. [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754. Also used in books acquired by his successors]. - Inscribed in ink on front pastedown: '2vols Đ1:1:8'. - Inscribed in ink on front free-endpaper: 'The Countess of Hardwicke / is requested by the Editor of this History / to admit into her collection a work / professing to teach those lessons / of public spirit & benevolence / which her Excellency inculcates / by example' and in a different hand 'May 1802'. Binding: Nineteenth-century tree calf, gold-decorated spine, red and green spine-labels, gold-lettered.
Makers and roles
John Gast (1716-1788) Joseph Stock (1740-1813) Bishop of Waterford and Lismore