The discovery of the North-West Passage
Sir Robert John Le Mesurier M'Clure (1807-1873)
Category
Books
Date
1857
Materials
leather, paper
Measurements
222 x 147 mm; 40 mm (thickness)
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3087753
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxxii,463,[1]p., [6] plates (1 folding, col.) . map . 8vo.. Provenance: Nineteenth-century bookplate with the crest and motto of Harrow School; lettered, d.d. Carolus Joannes Vaughan, S.T.P. Schol. Harrov. Magister.Presented to G.O. Trevelyan (1838-1928) in 1857.. Binding: Diced leather; with gilt Harrow arrows as cornerpieces on boards; gilt tooled on spine; marbled endpapers and edges.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Makers and roles
Sir Robert John Le Mesurier M'Clure (1807-1873) Samuel Gurney Cresswell (1827-1867) Sherard Osborn (1822-1875)