Illustrations of the literary history of the eighteenth century. Consisting of authentic memoirs and original letters of eminent persons; and intended as a sequel to the Literary anecdotes.
John Nichols (1745-1826).
Category
Books
Date
1817 - 1858
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3190882
Summary
Bibliographic description
8v., plates : ill., ports. ; 8vo. Imperfect: wanting all after vol. III. Vol. I contains a letter pasted on upper flyleaf to Oswald Mosley from Robert Morley Master presenting the volumes as a present. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate, with motto Mos legem regit; lettered: Oswald Mosley Esqr Rolleston Hall. Binding: Nineteenth-century full diced calf, single gilt fillet forming a border. Gilt tooling on spine; red leather spine labels, lettered in gilt: Nichols's Illustrations Vol. I [-III]. Marbled endpapers and edges densely sprinkled brown.
Makers and roles
John Nichols (1745-1826)., author John Bowyer Nichols (1779-1863)