The British volunteer: : or, A general history of the formation and establishment of the Volunteer and associated corps, enrolled for the protection and defence of Great Britain. Embellished with portraits, and plates of tactics, &c.
Charles Tomkins (London 1757 - 1823)
Category
Books
Date
1800
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3100834
Summary
Bibliographic description
[iv], 116, 24 p., [12] leaves of plates : map, plans, ports. ; 4to. Plates trimmed in binding, removing publication details. Ephemera: loosely inserted: (1) clipping from bookdealer's catalogue describing this copy (price cut out); (2) manuscript letter [draft?], 10th January 1800, from "Townsh" [i.e. George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend (1724-1807)] to the editor, requesting a reply to an earlier letter about the plan of attack at Quebec. Bookseller's pencil notes on front free endpaper verso: (1) "Canada - Quebec"; (2) note re. the letter from Marquess Townshend; (3) "The only copy I have seen F.A.C.B. 7/2/1902". Pencil note at foot of p. 24 (second count): "ends as Hist[?]". Pencil note on second rear free endpaper: "All published Gd[?]". Pencil note on verso of second rear free endpaper: "C.P. RCC". Provenance: Nineteenth-century wreath and ribbon armorial bookplate (Franks 29132): 'Terry'. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century half red morocco, marbled paper over boards; sewn onto four recessed cords; five raised bands; gilt fillets on spine; gilt stamp (flower) in spine compartments; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'The British volunteer 1799'; gilt top edge.
Makers and roles
Charles Tomkins (London 1757 - 1823), illustrator