Memoirs of the Lucys of Charlecote [manuscript].
Mary Elizabeth Lucy (1803 - 1890)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1860
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 3069122
Summary
Bibliographic description
182 leaves, ill., 6 photographic plates 31 cm. Autograph manuscript of the author's published works on the history of Charlecote Park. Provenance: Inscribed in ink on front free endpaper: "The gift of a dear friend to Mary Elizabeth Lucy July 2nd 1860". Binding: Nineteenth-century calf binding, with Lucy arms in gilt on front cover; gilt filleting on front and back boards, including on inside boards; raised bands to spine with gilt tooling; burgundy spine label for title; black spine label for author statement; binding signed "J. Kelly Binder 16 Gower Place"; Spine title: MEMOIRS | OF THE LUCYS | OF | CHARLECOTE. Gilt edges to text block.
Makers and roles
Mary Elizabeth Lucy (1803 - 1890)