Lives of the British admirals: containing a new and accurate naval history, from the earliest periods.
John Campbell (1708 - 1775)
Category
Books
Date
1781
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Plas Newydd, Anglesey
NT 3199448
Summary
Bibliographic description
4v., plates : maps ; 8vo. Imperfect: vols. 3 & 4 only. Provenance: v.3 pastedown inscribed: Charles Paget 5 of April 1792 [i.e. Sir Charles Paget (1778-1839)]; v.4 inscribed: "Returned by the Countess Sydney May 16, 1887 and placed in the BeauDesert Library same day" [with unknown initials]; both titlepages inscribed: Stewards Room Beaudesert Septr 1815. Binding: eighteenth-century tree calf; gilt roll border; gilt tooled spines with anchor motif; black spine labels (part missing). Poor condition. Vol. 4 has upper board from another volume with sprinkled calf.
Makers and roles
John Campbell (1708 - 1775)