The works of John Locke.
John Locke (1632 – 1704)
Category
Books
Date
1823
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3183560
Summary
Bibliographic description
10v. ; 8vo. Torn section of printed leaf inserted as page-marker, v.1, p.91. Provenance: nineteenth-century Anson family 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]. Vol. 3 still bears nineteenth-century armorial bookplate, with crest of arm brandishing cutlass, and motto: Pro rege et patria. Name scratched out. (Bookplate in vols. 5 & 10 pasted over former plate.) Binding: nineteenth-century grained calf; gilt roll border; gilt tooled spine; gold lettered and numbered spine-labels.
Makers and roles
John Locke (1632 – 1704)