Master Humphrey's clock.
Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)
Category
Books
Date
1840 - 1841
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3052665
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v. . ill.. . 4to.. Former shelfmark (vols.2-3): S.i.13-14. Provenance: Title page inscribed: John H. Crewe (v.2). Nineteenth-century small armorial bookplate: Calke Abbey library [associated with Sir George Crewe, 8th Baronet (1795-1844)], and inscribed in pencil: "Calke Abbey library" (v.3). Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf, with marbled paper on boards; gilt tooled on spine; gilt lettered on black spine-labels. Spine labels missing (v.2); all spines very worn.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.
Makers and roles
Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) Hablot Knight Browne 'Phiz' (London 1815 - Hove 1882) George Cattermole (Dickleburgh 1800 - Clapham 1868)