The novels of Le Sage, and Charles Johnstone. … To which are prefixed, memoirs of the lives of the authors
Alain Rene Le Sage (1668-1747)́
Category
Books
Date
1822
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3183589
Summary
Bibliographic description
xviii [i.e. xvi], xxxvii, [1], 841, [1] p. ; 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 / IV.
Makers and roles
Alain Rene Le Sage (1668-1747)́ Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) Charles Johnstone (1719-1800) Border Press