A knight errant and his doughty deeds : the story of Amadis of Gaul / edited by Norman J. Davidson, B.A. ; with eight illustrations in colour by H.M. Brock, R.I.
Henry Matthew Brock (Cambridge 1875 - Cambridge 1960)
Category
Books
Date
1911
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3100792
Summary
Bibliographic description
ix, [3], 333, [7] p., 8 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 8vo. Ephemera: loosely inserted publisher's advertisement bookmark. Provenance: Embossed stamp on front free endpaper: 'U.H.R. Broughton.' [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Embossed stamp on front free endpaper: Fairhaven crest with motto 'Si je puis' [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Early twentieth-century full publisher's blue cloth; coloured pictorial printed paper onlay on upper board within single gilt fillet frame: knight with defeated opponent; gilt stamped lions on upper board to form a border; coloured pictorial printed paper onlay on spine: sea monster with horse and ride in foreground; gilt stamped title panels on upper board and spine with red decoration.
Makers and roles
Henry Matthew Brock (Cambridge 1875 - Cambridge 1960), illustrator Norman James Davidson (b.1860), editor Robert Southey (1774-1843), translator