Modern history:. or, the present state of all nations. Describing respective situations, persons, habits, buildings, manners, laws and customs, religion and policy, arts and sciences, trades, manufactures and husbandry, plants, animals and minerals.
Thomas Salmon (1679-1767)
Category
Books
Date
1726 - 1731
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3177110.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
Vol. XIII ; 8vo. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, lettered: "Sr. Henry Harpur Bart." [i.e. Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet, (1708-1748)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf [or sheep] with plain, blind panel stamp with floral corner pieces. Sewn on three cords, four raised bands. Blind gauffered edges, gilt tooling on spine [much faded], spine labels missing. Edges dyed red. Upper pastedown loose, showing binding structure.
Makers and roles
Thomas Salmon (1679-1767), author