A journal of eight days journey from Portsmouth to Kingston upon Thames; through Southampton, Wiltshire, &c.. With miscellaneous thoughts, moral and religious; in a series of sixty-four letters: addressed to two ladies of the partie. To which is added, an essay on tea, …in twenty-five letters to the same ladies. By a gentleman of the partie
Jonas Hanway (1712-1786)
Category
Books
Date
1756
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3219559
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6],201,[5],203-361,[1]p., plates : ill. ; 4to. 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)]. Binding: eighteenth-century calf; five raised bands; red spine label: Journey to Portsmouth. (Spine broken in two.)
Makers and roles
Jonas Hanway (1712-1786)