The life of Sir Rowland Hill ... and the history of penny postage. By Sir Rowland Hill and his nephew George Birkbeck Hill, D.C.L. ... In two volumes.
Sir Rowland Hill (1795-1879)
Category
Books
Date
1880
Materials
bookcloth, paper
Measurements
230 x 153 mm; 48 mm (thickness)
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3093762.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1.,plates . ill..,ports.. . 8vo. With many unopened leaves.. Provenance: Twentieth-century pictorial armorial bookplate, a re-working of an earlier William Bell Scott pictorial Trevelyan bookplate (Franks 29799) of Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan (1797-1879), lettered: Charles & Mary Trevelyan [i.e. Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan (1870-1958), & Mary Katharine, (m.1904).] Arms: Trevelyan impaling Bell. Not in Franks.. Binding: Publisher's cloth.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Makers and roles
Sir Rowland Hill (1795-1879) George Birkbeck Norman Hill (1835-1903)