The military operations at Cabul, . which ended in the retreat and destruction of the British army, January 1842. With a journal of imprisonment in Affghanistan. By Lieut. Vincent Eyre, ...
Sir Vincent Eyre (1811-1881)
Category
Books
Date
1843
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3095621
Summary
Bibliographic description
xi,[4],vi-xv,[2],xiv-xx,426,[2]p. [33] leaves of plates (2 folded) . ill.., map, ports.. . 12mo.. Imperfect: wanting initial leaf (half-title?).. Provenance: Manuscript inscription on title page: "Bristol" [probably Frederick William Hervey, 5th Earl and 1st Marquess of Bristol (1769-1859)].. Binding: Nineteenth-century calf binding; double gilt fillet and blind dotted roll border; gilt roll on board edges and turn-ins. Gilt armorial centrepiece stamp: Hervey impaling Upton, earl's coronet [i.e. Frederick William Hervey, 5th Earl and 1st Marquess of Bristol (1769-1859), and his wife Elizabeth Albana Upton (1775-1844)]. Gold-tooled spine, with red title label. All edges gilt.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Sir Vincent Eyre (1811-1881) Lowes Cato Dickinson (Kilburn 1819 – London 1908) E. Eyre