A picturesque representation of the manners, customs, and amusements of the Russians, : in one hundred coloured plates; with an accurate explanation of each plate in English and French. In three volumes. / By John Augustus Atkinson, and James Walker. ...
John Augustus Atkinson (London 1775 – 1831)
Category
Books
Date
1803 - 1804
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3033734
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 v., plates : ports. ; fol. 3 v. in 1. Pencil price on front free endpaper verso: "£12-12-0". Pencil number on rear free endpaper verso: "5391". Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate (Franks 30400): 'Sarah Sophia Child' [i.e. Sarah Sophia Child-Villiers, Countess of Jersey (1785-1867)]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Historic shelfmarks on front free endpaper verso: "Library Sh 124" [twentieth-century pencil]; "E 5-1" [nineteenth-century black ink, "1" crossed through]; "E.5" [early nineteenth-century brown ink, crossed through in black ink]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full calf; gilt fillets to form a wide outer border within which are blind stamped cornerpieces: small flower with leaves; sewn onto recessed cords; blind-tooled spine, lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Customs of the Russians'; gilt rolled corners of board edges; gilt rolled turn-ins; gilt textblock edges. Binder's ticket on front free endpaper verso: 'Bound by H. Walther'.
Makers and roles
John Augustus Atkinson (London 1775 – 1831), artist and engraver James Walker (c.1748 - c.1825), engraver (printmaker)