Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times. In three volumes. By the Right Honourable Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury. The fifth edition, corrected. With the addition of a letter concerning design.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713)
Category
Books
Date
1732
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3208997
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v. : ill. ; 8vo. Provenance: eighteenth-century sepia armorial bookplate, with putti, and motto: Nil Desperandum, Yates, sculp. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough. [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)]; pasted over eighteenth-century early armorial bookplate of Richard Banner [Banner (b. 1696) of Little Aston Hall, sold library to Thomas Anson in about 1745]. Binding: eighteenth-century calf; double gilt fillet border; gilt tooled spines; five raised bands.
Makers and roles
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713), author