The reports of the Society for Bettering the Condition and Increasing the Comforts of the Poor. Vol. I.
Society for Bettering the Condition of the Poor
Category
Books
Date
1802
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3199077
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12], xxiv, 283, [1] p. ; 12mo. Accompanied by vols. 2-3 in first edition (1800-1802). Provenance: eighteenth-century crest bookplate with motto: Nil deperandum. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough [i.e. Thomas Anson, created Viscount Anson & Baron Soberton, 1806 (1767-1818)]. Binding: early nineteenth-century plain sheep; gold ruled spine; gold lettered black spine label: Reports on the poor / 1.
Makers and roles
Society for Bettering the Condition of the Poor Sir Thomas Bernard (1750-1818) 3rd Baronet Bernard, of Nettleham