A brief narrative of an unsuccessful attempt to reach Repulse Bay, . through Sir Thomas Towe's "Welcome," in His Majesty's ship Griper, in the year MDCCXXIV.
Captain George Francis Lyon (1795-1832)
Category
Books
Date
1825
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3010943
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvi,[2],198p., [8] leaves of plates (1 folded) . ill.., map . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Loosely inserted: clipping from dealer's catalogue, unrelated to provenance. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate lettered "Southam de la Bere. Earl of Ellenborough". (Not in Franks) [i.e. Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough from 1844 (1790-1871), of Southam de la Bere, Gloucestershire, Governor-General of India, and 1st Lord of the Admiralty]. Twentieth-century book stamp: Earl of Ellenborough's Heirlooms. Book no.342 added in manuscript Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on pastedown in Norris's hand: Southam de la Bere 22/4 '47. Lot 354. 15/=.. Binding: Nineteenth-century full sprinkled calf over boards; brown leather spine label with title "Lyon's Voyage"; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
Captain George Francis Lyon (1795-1832)