The history of Greece. By William Mitford, Esq.
William Mitford (1744-1827)
Category
Books
Date
1797
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3222918
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.5-6;. 8vo. (22cm) Bound uniformly and shelved with vols. 1-4 of the 1795 Drawback edition. Marked "L C3"; "1.D". Provenance: Late eighteenth or early nineteenth-century monogram bookplate, lettered "FL" set underneath an earl's coronet within an elongated octagonal frame [i.e. Lady Frances Pratt (ca. 1751-1833), dau. of Charles Pratt, 1st Earl of Camden, and 2nd wife of Robert Stewart (from 1775), cr. 1st Earl of Londonderry in 1796, cr. 1st Marquess of Londonderry in 1816]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full mottled calf. Sewn on recessed cords, gilt tooliong on spine. Green leather spine labels lettered in gilt "Mitford's Hist. of Greece". Edges densely sprinkled red and brown.
Makers and roles
William Mitford (1744-1827), author