The novels of Swift, Bage, and Cumberland ; viz. Gulliver's travels, by Swift. Mount Henneth, Barham Downs, James Wallace, by Bage. Henry, by Cumberland. With prefatory notices.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
Category
Books
Date
1824
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3183593
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], v, [1], lxx, 776 p. ; 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 / IX.
Makers and roles
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) Richard Cumberland (1631-1718) Border Press Robert Bage (1728 - 1801)