The world. By Adam Fitz-Adam. ...
Richard Owen Cambridge (1717 - 1802)
Category
Books
Date
1753 - 1756
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3189458
Summary
Bibliographic description
209 v. ; fol. Bound in one volume. Imperfect. Collection starts with No. 27, July 5th, 1753. Issues with woodcut headpiece. of writer and globe. Provenance: eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, with crest and motto: Nil Desperandum. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough. [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)]. Binding: eighteenth-century calf. Rebacked, with gold tooled spine reattached.
Makers and roles
Richard Owen Cambridge (1717 - 1802) Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield KG, PC, MP (1694-1773) Edward Moore (1712-1757)