Ruined abbeys and castles of Great Britain and Ireland. / By William Howitt. Second series. The photographic illustrations by Thompson, Sedgfield, Ogle, and Hemphill.
William Howitt (1792-1879)
Category
Books
Date
1864
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3085456
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6], 224 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (photographs) ; 4to. Uniformly bound and shelved with other works by Howitt. Provenance: 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 half green morocco, green cloth over boards; five raised bands; gilt tooled spine, lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Ruined abbeys & castles. Second series.' and 'Howitt.'; gilt textblock edges; marbled endpapers; green ribbon marker. Binder's ink-stamp on front free endpaper verso: 'Bound by Root & Son'.
Makers and roles
William Howitt (1792-1879), author Hemphill, William Despard, photographer Ogle, Thomas, photographer William Russell Sedgfield (1826-1902), photographer Stephen Thompson [photographer], photographer