The novels of Samuel Richardson, Esq. … In three volumes. To which is prefixed, a memoir of the life of the author 3183592

The novels of Samuel Richardson, Esq. … In three volumes. To which is prefixed, a memoir of the life of the author

Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)

Date

1824

Materials

Place of origin

London

Collection

Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire

NT 3183592

Summary

Bibliographic description

3 v ; 25 cm. (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 / VI-VIII.

Makers and roles

Samuel Richardson (1689–1761) Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) Border Press

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