The every-day book or the guide to the year . relating the popular amusements, sports, ceremonies, manners, customs, and events, incident to the three hundred and sixty-five days in past and present times; being a series of five thousand anecdotes and facts; forming a history of the year, a calendar of the seasons, and a chronological dictionary of the almanac; with a variety of important and diverting information, for daily use and entertainment, compiled from authentic sources by William Hone... illustrated by numerous engravings. In two volumes.
William Hone (1780-1842)
Category
Books
Date
1825 - 1826
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3099041
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. (1718; 1712)p. [ie 859; 856p.) . ill.. . 23cm.. Provenance: Bookplate inside front cover of both vols.: Sir John Harpur Crewe, Bart. [ie Sir John Harpur Crewe, 9th Baronet 1824-1886]. Small (9x7cm) empty blank envelope slipped inside front cover. Folded up page of text used as bookmark in vol. 1. Binding: Nineteenth century half calf binding with brown and blue marbled paper boards. Bound as vols. 1 and 2 of "Hone's Works".
Makers and roles
William Hone (1780-1842) George Cruikshank (London 1792 - London 1878)