A tale of the times. By the author of A gossip's story. Dedicated by permission to Mrs. Carter. In three volumes. Vol. I.
Jane West (London 1758 - Little Bowden1852)
Category
Books
Date
1799
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3202434.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1 ; 12mo. Running number: 364. Provenance: small oval armorial bookplate (not listed in Franks) in each vol.: anonymous, arms of Harbord impaling Hobart and Drury, with motto "Aequanimiter" [i.e. arms of William Assheton Harbord, 2nd Baron Suffield (1766-1821) and his wife Caroline Hans Harbord, Lady Suffield (1767-1850), daughter of John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire; they married in 1792]. Binding: late eighteenth-century full tree calf; gilt Greek key roll pattern border; gilt roll pattern on board edges and turn-ins; recessed cords; gold-tooled spines, with gilt title and vol. number on red and dark green sheepskin labels. Blue sprinkled edges. Marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Jane West (London 1758 - Little Bowden1852)