The wandering Jew. / By Eugène Sue, ... ; with one hundred and four engravings, drawn on wood by M. Valentin, and executed by the most eminent English engravers, under the superintendence of Mr. Charles Heath.
Eugene Sue (1804-1857)
Category
Books
Date
1846
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3100847
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 v. : ill. ; 8vo. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century half brown morocco, brown cloth over boards; sewn onto four recessed cords; three false bands; gilt tooled spines, lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'The wandering Jew / Eugène Sue Vol. I[-III]'; gilt top edges; marbled endpapers. Binder's ink stamp on front free endpaper verso in each vol.: 'Bound by Birdsall, Northampton & London'
Makers and roles
Eugene Sue (1804-1857), author Valentin, Henry, original artist Charles Heath (1785-1848), supervisor