A description of the principal picturesque beauties, antiquities, and geological phœnomena, of the Isle of Wight. / By Sir Henry C. Englefield, Bart. With additional observations on the strata of the island, and their continuation in the adjacent parts of Dorsetshire. By Thomas Webster, Esq. Illustrated by maps and numerous engravings by W. and G. Cooke, from original drawings by Sir H. Englefield and T. Webster.
Sir Henry Charles Englefield, 7th Bt (1752-1822)
Category
Books
Date
1816
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3054403
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], xxvii, [1], 238, [4] p., [1], L leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 4to. "Explanation of the plates" (pp. [vii]-xxvii) bound after the index and before the plates. Pencil price on front free endpaper verso: "45£". Bookseller's pencil notes at foot of front free endpaper verso: "5/38" and "m[?]/u/+". Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate (Franks 2953): 'Sir Francis Boileau, Bart. from the Library of Lord Nugent' [i.e. Sir Francis George Manningham Boileau, 2nd Bt. (1830-1900)]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Pencil note on front free endpaper verso following binder's ticket: "for Sir F. Boileau Decr 9 - 1876". Pencil note [in same hand?] in centre of front free endpaper verso: "F B Ld N" [presumably Sir Francis George Manningham Boileau, 2nd Bt. (1830-1900), from the library of Lord Nugent]. Gilt lettered at foot of spine: 'Boileau'. Binding: Nineteenth-century full calf; gilt fillets and roll to form an outer border; blind fillets and roll to form an inner border; sewn onto five recessed cords; gilt tooled spine; green morocco spine label, gilt lettered: 'The Isle of Wight'; spine lettered direct at foot (gilt tooled): 'Boileau' [i.e. Sir Francis George Manningham Boileau, 2nd Bt. (1830-1900)]; gilt rolled board edges; blind rolled turn-ins; marbled textblock edges and endpapers. Binder's ticket on front free endpaper verso: 'Bound by Geo. Quinton, 36 Pottergate Street, St. Gregory's Norwich.' with additional pencil note: "for Sir F. Boileau Decr 9 - 1876".
Makers and roles
Sir Henry Charles Englefield, 7th Bt (1752-1822), author Thomas Webster (1772 - 1844), author William Bernard Cooke (London 1778 - London 1855), engraver (printmaker) George Cooke (London 1781 – Barnes 1834), engraver (printmaker) Sir Henry Charles Englefield, 7th Bt (1752-1822), artist Thomas Webster (1772 - 1844), artist