The history of modern Europe : with an account of the decline and fall of the Roman empire; and a view of the progress of society, from the rise of the modern kingdoms to the Peace of Paris, in 1763; in a series of letters from a noblemean to his son.
William Russell (1741-1793).
Category
Books
Date
1842
Materials
Place of origin
Cambridge
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3183555
Summary
Bibliographic description
4 v. ; 8vo. Provenance: nineteenth-century Anson bookplate with motto ‘Nil desperandum’ and Viscount’s coronet (though seven pearls visible) [i.e. Thomas Anson, created Viscount Anson & Baron Soberton, 1806 (1767-1818) or his son, Thomas William Anson, 2nd Viscount Anson (1795-1854), created Earl of Lichfield, 1831]. Binding: nineteenth-century tree calf; gilt roll border; gilt tooled spine; gold lettered and numbered red and green spine-labels.
Makers and roles
William Russell (1741-1793).