The history of England, from the earliest times to the death of George the Second,
Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)
Category
Books
Date
1809
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3187407
Summary
Bibliographic description
4v. ; 8vo. Imperfect: lacks half-tiles. Provenance: nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: Mary Dorothea Phillips [i.e. Mary Dorothea Phillips, wife of Nathaniel Phillips, of Slebech, Pembrokeshire (1730-1813), mother of Louisa Catherine, Lady Lichfield]. All inscribed: Mrs Phillips. Binding: nineteenth-century marbled calf; gilt roll border; gilt tooled spines and board edges; gold lettered red spine labels.
Makers and roles
Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) , author Charles Coote (1761-1835), editor