The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
Washington Irving (1783-1859).
Category
Books
Date
1821
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 3070135
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.; 8vo. Prices and codes on front free endpaper: 'D' '(H1)' '(M1)' '2 vols 6/'. Former shelfmark[?] '813(A1)' and 'A.1' on front pastedown and endpapers of both volumes, '823.7' in v.1. Provenance: Pictorial bookplate on front pastedowns: 'Ex libris Robert Temperley' [probably Robert Temperley (d.1950), MA Queens' College Cambridge, barrister, of the Inner Temple]. Purple ink stamp on front free endpaper v.1 'Wright bookseller [8?] Boscombe Arcade' [Bournemouth?]. Binding: nineteenth-century full calf, blind-stamped borders; brown endpapers; all edges sprinkled red; gilt-lettered on red spine labels 'Sketch Book' 'Vol. I[-II]'
Makers and roles
Washington Irving (1783-1859).