Tales for young thinkers.
Old Humphrey (1787-1854)
Category
Books
Date
1852
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3090046
Summary
Bibliographic description
iv, [2], [7]-106 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 14cm. Illustrations are coloured in by child. Blind bookseller's stamp: "Bayley, Printer & Stationer, Wrexham". Provenance: Inscribed on upper endpapers: "Ma[ster?] Yorke April 28th 1857; "Philip Yorke birthday of 8"; "Philip Yorke April 28th 1857" [i.e. Philip Yorke II of Erddig (1849-1922), son of Simon Yorke III of Erddig and Victoria Mary Louisa Cust]. Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's blind and gilt embossed full red cloth.
Provenance
Given by Phillip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Makers and roles
Old Humphrey (1787-1854)