The autocrat of the breakfast-table. . Every man his own Boswell. By Oliver Wendell Holmes. (With illustrations from the first edition).
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)
Category
Books
Date
1870
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3066425
Summary
Bibliographic description
vii,[1],279,[1]p. . ill.. . 8vo.. MS. notes and marks.. Provenance: Nineteenth century pictorial armorial bookplate, lettered: Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan Bart. [i.e. Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan (1797-1879)]. Arms: Trevelyan impaling Jermyn. Signed W.B.S. (William Bell Scott - see Fincham p.82) Franks 29799.. Binding: Half calf; marbled boards and endpapers; gilt tooled on spine; spine labels, gilt lettered; gilt tops. Binding uniform with F.1.3 and 4, also by Holmes.
Makers and roles
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)