Corsica.
Category
Books
Date
c. 1928
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3005400
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 16 cm x 22 cm. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (shield on a beaded oval): 'Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton' [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Gilt tooled initials on spine: 'U.H.R.B.' [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century half blue morocco, marbled paper over boards; sewn onto four recessed cords; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'U.H.R.B. Corsica. 1928.' [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]; gilt top edge. Binder's gilt stamp on front turn-in: 'Robson & Co. Ltd. W.1.'