Skelton's engraved illustrations of the principal antiquities of Oxfordshire, . from original drawings by B. Mackenzie. Accompanied with descriptive & historical notices.
Joseph Skelton (1783-1871)
Category
Books
Date
1823
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 3071174
Summary
Bibliographic description
1v., variously paged , plates . ill.., map . fol.. Not indigenous.. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate lettered E. lib: Ev: Phil: Shirley. Ar". (Franks 26801) [i.e. Evelyn Philip Shirley (1812-1882), antiquarian]. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on flyleaf in Norris's hand: Ettington Park. Lot 896. Đ4. 31/10 '46. [Ettington Park, Warwickshire, home of the Shirley family].. Binding: Nineteenth-century full leather armorial binding; gilt tools within double gilt fillets to form a border; gilt armorial centrepiece of Shirley family, within elaborate gilt panel; gilt corner pieces outside panel; gilt-rolled corners to edges; gilt-tooled inner border; gilt-panelled spine; gilt spine title; sewn on five raised bands; paper edges gilt.
Makers and roles
Joseph Skelton (1783-1871) Frederick Mackenzie (Scotland 1787 - London 1854)