An introduction to the study of bibliography . to which is prefixed a memoir on the public libraries of the Antients by Thomas Hartwell Horne. Illustrated with engravings.
Thomas Hartwell Horne (1780-1862)
Category
Books
Date
1814
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3098854
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v., plates . ill.. . 8vo. Not indigenous. Loosely inserted: clipping from dealer's catalogue, unrelated to provenance. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate lettered Charles W. G. Howard. The gift of the Rt. Hon. Dir David Dvndas Knt. of Ochtertyre. M.D.CCC.LXXVII. [i.e. Charles Wentworth George Howard (1814-1879), from Sir David Dundas, 1st baronet (174901826), Commander-in-Chief of the Forces from 1809-1811]. (Franks 15506). Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on v.1 pastedown in Norris's hand: Castle Howard. H. [i.e. Hodgson's] 3/2 44. Lot 147. Đ1.15. Also inscribed in a different hand: 2 vols fine paper 3/3/0.. Binding: Nineteenth-century full armorial calf over boards; gilt armorial centrepiece stamp on upper and lower boards, with motto "Invictus maneo" [as yet not fully identified, but this is the motto of the Armstrong clan]. Gilt fillets; gilt-panelled spine; gilt spine titles; sewn on five raised bands; paper edges gilt. Spine leather disintegrating; some pieces preserved and loosely inserted. Upper board of v.1 detached with free endpaper, to which it is attached with repair tape.
Makers and roles
Thomas Hartwell Horne (1780-1862)