Elizabeth Isabella Spence, Sketches of the present manners, customs, and scenery of Scotland (2 vols., London, 1811)
Arch. H e. 49
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Elizabeth Isabella Spence, Sketches of the present manners, customs, and scenery of Scotland (2 vols., London, 1811)
Shelfmark
Arch. H e. 49
Summary
One leaf inserted in each vol., containing notes by Beckford, including remarks, vol. 1, pp. 3, 37, 43; vol. 2, pp. 16, 170. Various pencillings erased from flyleaf of vol. 1.
Date
1811
Language
English
Physical facet
Binding: half red morocco
Physical extent
2 Volumes
Custodial history
Hamilton bookplate; HP III, lot 2146; Sotheby's, 27 Oct. 1975 (Rosebery sale), lot 409
Acquisition
Quaritch, cat. 1043 (1984), 319.
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Collection contents
Books from Beckford's library in the Bodleian
Elizabeth Isabella Spence, Sketches of the present manners, customs, and scenery of Scotland (2 vols., London, 1811)
