The history of modern Europe: with an account of the decline and fall of the Roman empire; and a view of the progress of society, from the rise of the modern kingdoms to the Peace of Paris, in 1763; in a series of letters from a nobleman to his son.
William Russell (1741-1793).
Category
Books
Date
1837
Materials
Place of origin
Cambridge
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3219685
Summary
Bibliographic description
New edition, ... 4v. ; 23cm (8vo). Vols. 2-4; vol. 1 shelved separately. Provenance: endpaper of v.2 inscribed "L.H. [Lady Harriet] began 2d vol 27 Nov'r 1843-" [i.e. Lady Harriet Anson, née Hamilton (1834-1913]; upper cover stamped with Lichfield cypher and earl's coronet in gold [i.e. Thomas George Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield (1825-1892)]. Binding: nineteenth-century diced calf; gilt fillet border and stamped centrepiece; gilt tooled spine; red spine labels (most missing).
Makers and roles
William Russell (1741-1793).