Tony Butler.
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
Category
Books
Date
1898
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3085605
Summary
Bibliographic description
ix, [1], 554 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Copy no. 44. Extra-illustrated. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Early twentieth-century full calf; triple gilt fillet to form an outer border on boards; gilt stamped cornerpieces: clovers; gilt tooled spine; red morocco spine labels, gilt lettered: 'Charles Lever' and 'XXXI.'; green morocco spine label, gilt lettered: 'Tony Butler'; double gilt fillet on board edges; gilt fillets and gilt stamped cornerpieces (clover leaves) on turn-ins; gilt roll on pastedowns; gilt textblock edges; marbled endpapers. Binder's gilt stamp on front turn-in: 'Bound by Zaehnsdorf 1902'.
Makers and roles
Charles James Lever (1806-1872), author Browne, Hablot Knight, illustrator Neville, Julia Kate, editor