Dialogues of the dead.
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709-1773)
Category
Books
Date
1760
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 3180170
Summary
Bibliographic description
xii,320p.. 8vo. Former shelfmark in pencil on pastedown: Bb/5 and in ink Bb.6.20. Eighteenth-century manuscript under Lyttelton inscription, ending "Hardwicke - 1773". The author of the final three dialogues "Mrs Montague" is identified in manuscript on p.vii. Provenance: inscribed "From the author Lord Lyttelton". Binding: sprinkled polished calf, sewn onto five raised bands, gold tooling on spine; double gold fillets, red-stained edges.
Makers and roles
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709-1773) Elizabeth Robinson, Mrs Edward Montagu (1720-1800)