Curiosities of literature. . Consisting of anecdotes, characters, sketches, and observations, literary, critical, and historical.
Isaac D'Israeli (1766 - 1848)
Category
Books
Date
1792
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3138513
Summary
Bibliographic description
xi,[5],531,[15]p. . 8vo.. Imperfect: wants final errata leaf. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: 'John Gardner Wilkinson Brynfield House.' [i.e. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1795-1875)] and inscription "Gardner Wilkinson 1840" [with text obliterated beneath and erased pencil text on facing page]. T.p. inscribed in an unknown hand "The gift of the author Mr. d'Israeli". Binding: Eighteenth-century full tree calf, marbled endpapers, recessed cords, spine gilt-tooled & gilt-lettered on red label "Curiosities in literature".
Makers and roles
Isaac D'Israeli (1766 - 1848)