The confessions of Harry Lorrequer.
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
Category
Books
Date
1897
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3086087
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxvii, [1], 574 p., [22] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 8vo. Copy no. 44. Extra-illustrated. Bookseller's pencil note on front free endpaper verso: "Bound by Zaehnsdorf / Edition-de-Luxe / Extra illustrated". Ephemera: handwritten letter, 19th June 1835, signed by Lever tipped-in at front (as issued?). 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 'I.'; green morocco spine label, gilt lettered: 'Harry Lorrequer'; 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 Hablot Knight Browne 'Phiz' (London 1815 - Hove 1882), illustrator Neville, Julie Kate, editor