Barber's picturesque illustrations, of the Isle of Wight, : comprising of every object of interest on the island. / Engraved from original drawings. ; Accompanied by historical and topographical descriptions.
Thomas Barber (1818-1846)
Category
Books
Date
1834
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3072892
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], 110 p., [42] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 4to. Pencil number on rear free endpaper: "11327". Bookseller's notes in pencil on front free endpaper verso. Provenance: Twentieth-century pictorial crest bookplate: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Pencil initials: "R.M." on front free endpaper verso. Binding: NIneteenth-century full mottled calf; double gilt fillet to form a border; sewn onto five raised bands; spine gilt; red spine label: 'The Isle of Wight'; brown spine label: 'Barber'; gilt rolled board edges and turn-ins; gilt textbock edges; marbled endpapers. Binder's ink stamp on frotn free endpaper verso: 'Bound by Wallis'.
Makers and roles
Thomas Barber (1818-1846), author Thomas Barber (1818-1846), artist