Memoirs of the reign of George the Second, : from his accession to the death of Queen Caroline. / By John, Lord Hervey. Edited, from the original manuscript at Ickworth, by the Right Hon. John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S. In two volumes.
Lord John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth, PC, MP (1696-1743)
Category
Books
Date
1848
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3164926
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. : ports. ; 8vo. Historic shelfmark on front pastedown of vol. 1: "E5". Provenance: capital letter "R" written in pencil on front free endpaper in both vols. Manuscript inscription on title page in vol. 1: "Sophia Windham The gift of my dear brother Arthur Hervey 1848" and on title page in vol. 2: "Sophia Windham" [i.e. Lady Sophia Elizabeth Caroline Windham, née Hervey (1811-1863), married William Howe Windham in 1835; given to her by The Right Reverend Lord Arthur Charles Hervey (1808-1894)]. Binding: nineteenth-century full publisher's red cloth; blind decorated boards and spines; spines lettered direct (gilt-tooled): 'Lord Hervey's Memoirs of the court of George II. Vol. I[-II]'.
Makers and roles
Lord John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth, PC, MP (1696-1743) The Rt. Hon. John Wilson Croker (1780-1857)