An introduction to the classics: containing, a short discourse on their excellencies; and directions how to study them to advantage: with an essay on the nature and use of those emphatical and beautiful figures which give strength and ornament to writing.
Anthony Blackwall (1674-1730)
Category
Books
Date
1725
Materials
Place of origin
Derby
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3208342
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],272,[8]p. ; 12mo. Provenance: Eighteenth-century early armorial bookplate of Richard Banner, with motto: "Nil sine numine" F1380/81 [i.e. Richard Banner (b. 1696), sold library from Little Aston Hall to Thomas Anson in about 1745]. Bookseller's pencil note. Binding: eighteenth-century calf; blind tooled panel; gilt tooled spin; five raised bands; gilt lettered spine label: Blackwall on the classics.
Makers and roles
Anthony Blackwall (1674-1730)