Select and remarkable epitaphs on illustrious and other persons, in several parts of Europe. With translations of such as are in Latin and foreign languages. And compendious accounts of the deceased, their lives and works.. By John Hackett, Late Commoner of Baliol-College, Oxford. In two volumes. ...
John Hackett (b.1734/5)
Category
Books
Date
1757
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3248879
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v., plate : ill. ; 12mo. Provenance: nineteenth-century crest bookplate, motto "Arduis ne cedam."; last name inked over: H.E. West[?]. Also inscribed "Stamford, Weybridge" [i.e. William Grey, 9th Earl of Stamford (1850-1910)]. Binding: nineteenth-century half calf, with marbled paper on boards; double gilt ruled spine; gilt lettered spine label: Hackett's Epitaphs.
Makers and roles
John Hackett (b.1734/5)