Historisch-genealogischer Calender, oder Jahrbuch der merkwürdigsten neuen Welt-begebenheiten für 1784

RA Collection: Book

Record number

13/1076

Imprint

Leipzig: zur Messe bey Haude und Spener von Berlin, 1784

Physical Description

1 volumes : illustrations ; 11 cm.

General Note

The front pastedown carries the engraved bookplate of the American bibliographer Henry Stevens, lettered: "Bibliography. The Tree of Knowledge. Henry Stevens of Vermont, FSA, &c, 4 Trafalgar Square, London, 1882.”
"Bound by W. Pratt for H. Stevens & Sons 1885". [Front free endpaper]. Possibly William Pitt Pratt, who was in business as a binder in London from 1823 to 1838.

Binding Note

Dark blue leather binding. Lettered in gilt on spine: “Historisch Genealogischer Calender. Leipzig. 1784.”

Contributors

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, draughtsman
Daniel Berger, engraver
Henry Stevens, previous owner
Haude and Spener, publisher