The novels of Sterne, Goldsmith, Dr. Johnson, Mackenzie, Horace Walpole, and Clara Reeve. … To which are prefixed, memoirs of the lives of the authors
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
Category
Books
Date
1823
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3183591
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii, lxxxvii, [1], 659, [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 / V.
Makers and roles
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) Border Press Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717 - 1797) Henry Mackenzie (1745-1831) Clara Reeve (1729-1807)