Pompei.
Category
Books
Date
1920 - 1929
Materials
Place of origin
Naples
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3043697
Summary
Bibliographic description
[32] p. : wholly ill. ; 34 cm. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Gilt tooled initials on spine: 'U.H.R.B.' [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century half dark blue morocco, marbled paper over boards; sewn onto five recessed cords; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'U.H.R.B. Pompeii. 1927.' [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]; gilt top edge. Original front cover retained. Binder's gilt stamp on front turn-in: 'Robson & Co. Ltd. W.1.'