Memorials of Cambridge: : a series of views of the colleges, halls, and public buildings, / engraved by J. Le Keux; with historical and descriptive accounts by Thomas Wright, … ; and the Rev. H. Longueville Jones, … ; in two volumes.
Thomas Wright (Tenbury 1810 - London 1877)
Category
Books
Date
1845
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3100781
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v., plates : ill. ; 8vo. Pencil number on second rear free endpaper verso in v. 1: "LR709". Provenance: Pencil inscription on front pastedown in v. 1: "F from Mother Christmas 1930" [i.e. to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) from his mother, Cara Leland Rogers, Lady Fairhaven (1867-1939)]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (small variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century half light brown calf, marbled paper over boards; sewn onto three cords with five raised bands; gilt fillets on spines; black spine labels, gilt lettered: 'Memorials of Cambridge'; red spine labels, gilt lettered: 'Wright and Jones / I[-II]'; gilt textblock edges; marbled endpapers. Binder's stamp on front free endpaper verso in both vols.: 'Asprey. London. England.'
Makers and roles
Thomas Wright (Tenbury 1810 - London 1877), author Harry Longueville Jones (1806-1870), author John Le Keux (London 1783 – London 1846), engraver (printmaker)