The early years of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, / compiled, under the direction of Her Majesty the Queen, by Lieut.-General the Hon C. Grey.
Charles Grey (1804-1870)
Category
Books
Date
1867
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3004536
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxxi, [1], 469, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates : ports. ; 8vo. Bought from Jarndyce 12/01/2011 (lot 40669). Jarndyce notes in pencil on front free endpaper verso. Ephemera: loose letter inserted inside front cover. Provenance: nineteenth-century manuscript on first flyleaf: I give and bequeath this book to the Library at Wimpole as an heirloom. Hardwicke/ Octr. 24. 1868. Nineteenth-century manuscript on third flyleaf: To the Earl of Hardwicke In recollection of former happy days from Victoria Reg Osborne Aug: 15. 1867. Binding: nineteenth-century publisher's brown goat over boards, gilt spine title, gilt fillet and monogram initials VA with inner blind fillet on covers, gilt roll on board edges, gilt edges, dark blue silk bookmark.
Makers and roles
Charles Grey (1804-1870), author Queen Victoria (1819-1901), commissioner