A dissertation on oriental gardening;
Sir William Chambers Kt (Göteborg 1723 - London 1796)
Category
Books
Date
1772
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3188478
Summary
Bibliographic description
94, [2], [2] leaves of plates ; 4to. Provenance: eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, bordered, with putti, and motto: Nil Desperandum, Yates, sculp. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough. [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)]. Bookplate inscribed in pencil: "Given to the National Trust in 1979 by James Lees-Milne." Binding: eighteenth-century cal; gilt ruled spine; gilt lettered red spine label: Chambers's Dissertation.
Makers and roles
Sir William Chambers Kt (Göteborg 1723 - London 1796)