History of the United Netherlands: : from the death of William the Silent to the Twelve Days' Truce - 1609. / By John Lothrop Motley. ... In four volumes ...
John Lothrop Motley (1814-1877)
Category
Books
Date
1867
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3088822
Summary
Bibliographic description
4 v., plates : maps, ports. ; 8vo. Shelved and uniform with Motley's "The life and death of John of Barneveld" in 2 vols. (London, 1874) and his "The rise of the Dutch Republic" in 3 vols. (London, 1875). Bookseller's pencil note on front free endpaper verso in vol. 1: "Fine Set 9 vols 8/10n". 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: Nineteenth-century full tree calf; gilt roll to form an outer border; sewn onto five recessed cords; five false bands; spines gilt; red and black spine labels, gilt lettered: 'United Netherlands' and 'Motley / Vol. I[-IV].'; gilt rolled board edges; blind rolled turn-ins; marbled textblock edges; marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
John Lothrop Motley (1814-1877), author