Anecdotes of the manners and customs of London from the Roman invasion to the year 1700 : including the origin of British society, customs and manners, with a general sketch of the state of religion, superstition, dresses, and amusements of the citizens of London, during that period; to which are added, illustrations of the changes in our language, literary customs, and gradual improvement in style and versification, and various particulars concerning public and private libraries, illustrated by eighteen engravings (Vol 1)
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Type of record: Book
Title: Anecdotes of the manners and customs of London from the Roman invasion to the year 1700 : including the origin of British society, customs and manners, with a general sketch of the state of religion, superstition, dresses, and amusements of the citizens of London, during that period; to which are added, illustrations of the changes in our language, literary customs, and gradual improvement in style and versification, and various particulars concerning public and private libraries, illustrated by eighteen engravings (Vol 1)
Classmark: Bedford Collection A685
Creator(s): Malcolm, James Peller (1767-1815)
Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner)
Publisher: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1811
Language: English
Size and medium: 3 volumes, 18 unnumbered leaves of plates
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/729402
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019882056505181
Description
Companion volumes to the author's "Anecdotes of the manners and customs of London during the eighteenth century."
Includes indexes.
Features
Bindings
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection A685: contemporary half calf, gold tooled on spine, marbled paper over boards.
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection A685: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: HL/164 (3). Late nineteenth/early twentieth-century? pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: Ex Libris, rural scene with wheat, flowers and a book, no name.
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