The r-- --l Register with Annotations By Another Hand Sic Pater Aeneas Virg. Volume the First the Second Edition

Strange number this. Cryptic to us Gossip.royal and otherwise in the 18th century using blanks rather than letters when addressing mystery personage. Some blanks filled in pencil. Half-calf Marbled boards. Fancy bookplate (Charles Hope Weir) This volume includes Royal Register Volumes 1 and 2, - Modern Characters from Shakespear 1778 - and Characters of Eminent Personages of his own time written by the late Lord Chesterfield and never before published second edition printed for william flexney,holborn 1777. Soil to the edges and ends. A bit of foxing to strong paper. Spine shows wear with four raised bands and decoration. Guessing at author. Purchased book from Chesterfield collector! Size: 16mo.