Motives for the establishment of the Marine Society / by a merchant
1757
L2014F132 1757
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Title
Motives for the establishment of the Marine Society / by a merchant
Published
London : [s.n.], Printed in the year 1757.
Description
[2], 24, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. (4to)
Call Number
L2014F132 1757
System Control No.
(OCoLC)519057856
Note
Title in red and black.
A merchant is Jonas Hanway (a philanthropist and founder of the Marine Society); he founded the Society to secure future recruitment for the navy by providing an education for poor men & their sons.
Signatures: [A]1 B-D4 + chi1.
"The receipts of the Marine Society, from July 1756, to March 1757": p. [25]
Ms. notes on p. [26]: updating the infromation to 18th May, "The collection to this day (18 May) is about ..... £8000. The men clothed are ..... 1139. The boys clothed are ..... 1026."
Presentation binding copy commissioned by the author; bound in red goatskin; richly gilt decorative floral borders, central ornament with 2 crowns on both covers; gilt spine; marbled endpapers.
A merchant is Jonas Hanway (a philanthropist and founder of the Marine Society); he founded the Society to secure future recruitment for the navy by providing an education for poor men & their sons.
Signatures: [A]1 B-D4 + chi1.
"The receipts of the Marine Society, from July 1756, to March 1757": p. [25]
Ms. notes on p. [26]: updating the infromation to 18th May, "The collection to this day (18 May) is about ..... £8000. The men clothed are ..... 1139. The boys clothed are ..... 1026."
Presentation binding copy commissioned by the author; bound in red goatskin; richly gilt decorative floral borders, central ornament with 2 crowns on both covers; gilt spine; marbled endpapers.
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