Oliver Cromwell / by Samuel Rawson Gardiner, D.C.L., LLD., Litt D.
Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1829-1902)
Category
Books
Date
1899
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3085004
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], V, [1], 216, [2] p., plates : ill. ; 4to. (32cm). "Presentation copy" (unnumbered). Provenance: Manuscript inscription at head of limited edition statement: "R.R. Holmes, Esq. F.S.A. / with Messrs. Goupil & Co's compliments / & thanks for assistance rendered / June 1899.". Twentieth-century pictorial bookplate (central monogram with leaves, flowers, book and ribbon): 'HJK Poles 1913 Semper Fidelis' [i.e. Henry James King (d. 1920) of Poles, Ware, Herts.]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Historic shelfmark[?] (pencil, erased) on front free endpaper verso: "M 10". Binding: Early twentieth-century full red morocco; double gilt fillets to form an outer border; gilt tooled title on upper board and spine; sewn onto five raised bands; double gilt fillet on board edges and turn-ins; mauve silk endleaves. Binder's gilt stamp on front turn-in: 'Bound by Root & Son'.
Makers and roles
Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1829-1902), author