The history of Devonshire. In three volumes. By the Reverend Richard Polwhele, ...
Richard Polwhele (1760-1838)
Category
Books
Date
1793 - 1806
Materials
Place of origin
Exeter
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 3180657
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v., plates : ill., col. map ; fol. Vols. 1 & 2 only. Bound in one. Pencil page reference on vol. 1 titlepage. Provenance: nineteenth-century crest bookplate: "William Gibbs.", with motto "En Dios Mi Amparo y Esperanza." [i.e. William Gibbs (1790-1875)]. Titlepages inscribed: "from the author to J Britton March 1802". Binding: early nineteenth-century full blue morocco; gilt roll and double fillet border; gilt tooled spines, board edges and turn-ins; six raised bands; gilt lettered spine: Powhele's History of Devonshire.
Makers and roles
Richard Polwhele (1760-1838)