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Observations upon a supposed antique bust at Turin : in two letters, addressed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Macclesfield, president of the Royal Society. / By Edward Wortley Montagu, Esq; F.R.S..

Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1781 Bid (b.w.) Af.404.17 (Franklin)
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Montagu, Edward Wortley, 1713-1776 59246
Contributor:
Macclesfield, George Parker, Earl of, 1697-1764.
Royal Society (Great Britain)
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, former owner.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia, former owner.
Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823, annotator.
Duane, William, 1760-1835, former owner.
T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, bookseller.
Dufief, N. G. 1776?-1834, bookseller.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Busts--Italy--Turin.
Busts.
Sculpture, Ancient--79716.
Sculpture, Ancient.
Genre:
Booksellers' advertisements -- England -- London -- 1763.
Physical Description:
19, [1] p. ; 26 cm. (4to)
Place of Publication:
London, : Printed for T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, at Tully's head in the Strand., MDCCLXIII. [1763]
Notes:
"Read before the Royal Society November 25, 1762."
Bookseller's advertisements on p. [1] at end.
Local Notes:
Benjamin Franklin's copy.
HSP in LCP.
Bound with Biddle, Oration, q.v.; number 13 in table of contents item 17 in volume. Modern half sheep over contemporary marbled boards; bound with other items. MS table of contents on flyleaf in William Temple Franklin's hand; purchased from Dufief, 1801-03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (3); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1855, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Cited in:
ESTC (BL) T000573

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