Picturesque views on the river Thames, : from its source in Glocestershire to the Nore; with observations on the public buildings and other works of art in its vicinity. In two volumes. / By Samuel Ireland, ...
Samuel Ireland (1744-1800)
Category
Books
Date
1792
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3082366.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 1, plates : ill., map ; 4to. Ms. inscription on front flyleaf: "Proof impressions. 2 vol". Plates hand coloured. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate (Franks 2505): John Bidwell F.S.A. Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate (not in Franks): Heygate. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Pencil note on front free endpaper verso: "Fairhaven Anglesey Abbey October 1930" [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf; triple gilt fillet, single gilt roll to form a border; rebacked; spine entirely replaced (gilt tooled, with red and green spine labels: 'Picturesque views on the river Thames' and 'Ireland / Vol. I.'); single gilt fillet on board edges; gilt rolled turn-ins (Greek key pattern); marbled textblock edges and endpapers.
Makers and roles
Samuel Ireland (1744-1800), author