English physician and book collector (1722–1774)

Anthony Askew. Mezzotint by T. Hodgetts after A. Ramsay.

The gold-headed cane.

The gold-headed cane / [W. Macmichael].

The gold-headed cane / [William Macmichael].

Bibliotheca Askeviana sive catalogus librorum rarissimorum / [Anthony Askew].

Miscellany: English, 18th century

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Anthony Askew

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Bibliotheca Askeviana sive catalogus librorum rarissimorum / [Anthony Askew].

Miscellany: English, 18th century

Bibliotheca Askeviana sive catalogus librorum rarissimorum / [Anthony Askew].