A history of England, in a series of letters from a nobleman to his son. To which are added, two letters on the study and biography of the ancient and modern British historians. ...
Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)
Category
Books
Date
1799
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3221142
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. ; 12mo. Imperfect: vol. 2 only. Provenance: nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: "John Edwards." [i.e. Sir John Edwards, 1st bart. Edwards, of Garth, Montgomeryshire, father of Mary Cornelia Vane Tempest, née Edwards (d. 1906), m. 1846 to George, 5th Marquess of Londonderry]; initials in ink at head of pastedown: MAL [?]. Binding: late eighteenth or ealt nineteenth-century tree calf; gilt tooled spine, with Britannia motif; gold lettered red spine label.
Makers and roles
Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)