The greater abbeys of England / by Abbot Gasquet ; illustrations in colour after Warwick Goble.
Francis Aidan Gasquet (1846-1929)
Category
Books
Date
1908
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3092040
Summary
Bibliographic description
Special edition. [2], xvi, 268 p., [60] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 8vo. Copy no. 47. Pencil tick on front free endpaper verso. Pencil code on rear free endpaper: "d/-/-". Ephemera: loosely inserted clipping from bookdealer's catalogue describing this copy, price cut out. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (coat of arms in carved oval frame) with motto ‘Si je puis’ and lettered: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Bookseller's ticket on front pastedown: 'James MacLehose / and Sons / 61 St. Vincent St. / Glasgow.' Binding: Twentieth-century full publisher's vellum; gilt stamped illustration on upper board: Trinity Bridge, Crowland; gilt lettering on upper board and spine; gilt top edge; marbled endpapers; white ribbon marker. Some uncut leaves.
Makers and roles
Francis Aidan Gasquet (1846-1929), author Warwick Goble (London 1862-1943) , illustrator