The British Museum . the Townley Gallery.
Sir Henry Ellis (1777-1869)
Category
Books
Date
1836
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3092672
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. : ill. ; 12mo. Provenance: nineteenth century armorial bookplate with crest depicting a lion statant with tail extended and the Talbot motto "Prest d'accomplir" on front pastedown to both volumes. Binding: nineteenth century publisher's binding in textured purple cloth; gilt tooled title "Library of Entertaining Knowledge. Townley Gallery" and volume numbers on spine; decorated white and green end-papers.
Makers and roles
Sir Henry Ellis (1777-1869) Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)