Marvels of the East : a full reproduction of the three known copies, / with introduction and notes by Montague Rhodes James.
Montague Rhodes James, OM (1862-1936)
Category
Books
Date
1929
Materials
Place of origin
Oxford
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3071182
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii, [2], 62, [2] p., [36] leaves of plates : facsims. ; 4to. Provenance: Manuscript inscription: "Fairhaven / from Spencer. / Anglesey Abbey - / Christmas 1939 -" [i.e. to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) from Albert Edward John ('Jack') Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975)]. Earl Spencer's name is printed in red in the list of Club members, indicating this was his copy. Printed shelfmark label on front pastedown: Althorp. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century quarter straight-grained black morocco; maroon cloth over boards; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Marvels of the East'; gilt top edge.
Makers and roles
Montague Rhodes James, OM (1862-1936), editor