Auriol : or The elixir of life / by William Harrison Ainsworth author of "The Tower of London" ; with illustrations by H. K. Browne.
William Harrison Ainsworth (1805 - 1882)
Category
Books
Date
1900
Materials
Paper book, with half calf binding.
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3015245
Summary
Bibliographic description
vi, [2], 246 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Uniformly bound and shelved with other novels by Ainsworth. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century half calf, marbled paper over boards; sewn onto five recessed cords; five raised bands; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Auriol' and 'Ainsworth'; gilt top edge; marbled endpapers. Binder's black stamp on front pastedown: 'Bumpus Ltd. Oxford St. W'.
Makers and roles
William Harrison Ainsworth (1805 - 1882), author Hablot Knight Browne 'Phiz' (London 1815 - Hove 1882), illuminator