The chase by William Somervile. Reprinted from the original edition of 1735, with a memoir of the author. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson.
William Somervile (1675-1742)
Category
Books
Date
1896
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3087771
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxiv , [2], 87, [1] p., plates : ill., 8vo. (22cm). Provenance: Inscribed on flyleaf "From Lady Curzon Xmas 1919" [i.e. given by Grace Elvina Curzon (née Hinds, formerly Duggan), Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston(1879–1958)]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate showing Vane-Tempest-Stewart arms marshalled with Chaplin, motto "Metuenda corolla draconis, with two supporters, all underneath a marquess's coronet with helmet and griffin passant crest, flanked by two badges, lettered in banner "Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry KG" [i.e. Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915 (1878-1949)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century half red grained calf on red cloth, gilt tooled and lettered on spine. Gilt-top, green endpapers. Stamped on flyleaf "Hatchards 187 Piccadilly".
Makers and roles
William Somervile (1675-1742) Hugh Thomson (Coleraine 1860 - Wandsworth 1920)