The novels of Tobias Smollett, M.D. …. To which is prefixed, a memoir of the life of the author
Tobias George Smollett (1721-1771)
Category
Books
Date
1821
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3183588
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 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 half green leather (imitation morocco), with marbled paper on boards; gold tooled spine; five false bands; gold lettered: Novelist’s library / II-III.
Makers and roles
Tobias George Smollett (1721-1771) Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) Border Press