The works of William Robertson, D.D. ... : to which is prefixed and account of his life and writings.
William Robertson (1721-1793)
Category
Books
Date
1819
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3204860
Summary
Bibliographic description
12 v., plates : ill, maps (some folded) ; 21cm. Imperfect: vols. I-II only. Provenance: Nineteenth-century die-sinker style armorial bookplate, with motto: "Mos legem regit", lettered: "Oswald Mosley Esqr Rolleston Hall" [prob. Oswald Mosley (1804-1856), son of Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Bt of Ancoats]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full calf, gilt and blind double fillet forming a border, gilt board edge corners, blind doublure. Five false raised bands, blind and gilt panels on spine. Green leather spine labels, lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers and edges.
Makers and roles
William Robertson (1721-1793) George Gleig (1753-1840) Alexander Stewart (1781-1862)