The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow . illustrated with one hundred and eighty designs by Sir John Gilbert, ... engraved by the brothers Dalziel.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
Category
Books
Date
1877
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038404
Summary
Bibliographic description
iv,644p. . ill.., port.. . 4to.. Previous shelfmark: A.9.4. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 518.. Provenance: Bookplate: 'Richard Myddelton Biddulph, Chirk Castle' [i.e. Richard Myddelton Biddulph (1837-1913)]; Chippendale armorial, pre-1899.. Binding: Nineteenth-century polished calf binding; double gilt fillet border; gilt roll on board edges; blind palmette roll on turn-ins; gold-tooled spine, with green title label. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Sir John Gilbert (1817-1897)