Transactions of the Society, instituted at London, for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, . with the premiums offered ...
Royal Society of Arts, London
Category
Books
Date
1783 - 1795
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 3114521
Summary
Bibliographic description
69v., plates.. ill. diagrams, tables.. 8vo.. Holdings: vols. I (1783); 2 (1784); 7 (1794) and 8 (1795) only. Vol. I spine damaged. Vols. 2, 7 and 8 partially unopened. Vols. 2 and 8 final leaf torn and wanting. Provenance: Inscribed in ink on title page: 'J.H. Whitmore' = John Henry Whitmore (1795/6-1853) who assumed the surname Jones on inheriting Chastleton in 1828. Binding: Publisher's quarter plain paper, blue paper boards. Vols 1, 2 and 7 unlettered, Vol. 8: printed paper spine-label, black-lettered. Vol. 1: tied.
Makers and roles
Royal Society of Arts, London Society of Arts (London)