Three treatises. The first concerning art. The second concerning music, painting, and poetry. The third concerning happiness. By J. H.
James Harris (1709-1780)
Category
Books
Date
1744
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3215570
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],357,[1]p. ; 8vo. Titlepage numbered in ink: no. 253. Provenance: titlepage inscribed in ink in eighteenth-century hand: Ashton. Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, with putti, and motto: Nil Desperandum, Yates, sculp. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough. [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773), though perhaps added later]. Binding: eighteenth-century calf; double gilt fillet border; sewn onto five raised bands; remnants of gilt tooled spine.
Makers and roles
James Harris (1709-1780), author