The wonders of the little world; . or, A general history of man: displaying the various faculties, capacities, powers and defects of the human body and mind, ... by Nathaniel Wanley, ... A new edition, with the addition of much new and curious matter, ... the whole revised and corrected by W.M. Johnston, ... In two volumes. ...
Nathaniel Wanley (1632/3 - 1680)
Category
Books
Date
1806
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3139357
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v., plates . ill.. . 8vo.. Provenance: Inscribed in each volume: "H Crewe" [i.e. Sir Henry Harpur, 7th Baronet (1763-1819), surname changed to Crewe, 1808]. Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf, with marbled paper on boards; gilt tooled on spine; gilt lettered: Wanley's Wonders. Marbled endpapers.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.
Makers and roles
Nathaniel Wanley (1632/3 - 1680)