The poems of Cunningham and Goldsmith.
John Cunningham (1729-1773)
Category
Books
Date
1822
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 3217958
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], 272 p. ; 12mo. Vol. 1 of series inscribed: 100 vols 18/-/ [i.e. for whole series]. Old Lyme Park library shelfmark label: Case C. Shelf 4. Provenance: twentieth-century armorial bookplate: 'Lyme', signed 'J. F. Badeley. fecit 1904' [i.e. Thomas Wodehouse, 2nd Lord Newton (1857-1942)] (cf. Wilson & Lee ‘Badeley’ no. 119). At rear: nineteenth-century bookplate in red: ram's head crest with initials W.J.L. [i.e. William John Legh, 1st Lord Newton (1828-1898)]. Binding: nineteenth-century imitation green morocco (sheep); gilt tooled; gilt lettered and numbered spines: British poets ... Uniform with series.
Makers and roles
John Cunningham (1729-1773), author Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) , author Richard Alfred Davenport (1776/7 - 1852), author