Collections towards the history and antiquities of the county of Hereford.
John Duncumb
Category
Books
Date
1804
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire
NT 3016452
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. . 4to. Bookseller's ticket on front pastedown: Henry Sotheran & Co., booksellers to the King, 140, Strand, London, W.C. Two sale catalogue cuttings for separate editions of the works pasted to rear endpaper, vol. 2. Brief pencil notes and page references at rear (both vols.). Loosely inserted (vol. 2, p. 69): geneal. table of Lutley. Pencil drawing of coat of arms (vol. 2, p. 196). Provenance: large armorial bookplate: "Arms of Vernon of Hanbury, Worcestershire. 1885." Binding: nineteenth-century half green calf, with green cloth over boards; gilt lettered spine label: Duncumb's Herefordshire. Marbled endpapers and edges.
Makers and roles
John Duncumb