Boswell's London journal, 1762-1763 : now first published from the original manuscript prepared for the press.
James Boswell (1740-1795)
Category
Books
Date
1951
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3206659
Summary
Bibliographic description
xiii, [1], 370 p., [3] leaves of plates : port., facsims. ; 24 cm. Provenance: Inscribed on half-title: "Philip Yorke 1952" [i.e. Philip Scott Yorke (1905-78), youngest son of Philip Yorke II of Erddig and Louisa Matilda Scott]. Binding: Twentieth-century publisher's full blue cloth, gilt emblem on upper cover, gilt lettering on spine. In beige pictorial dust-jacket (torn at the top).
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Makers and roles
James Boswell (1740-1795), author Frederick Albert Pottle (1897-1987)