Carlisle in the olden time. : A series of views of antient public buildings formerly in the city of Carlisle; designed from the originals, / by M.E. Nutter, with historical descriptions.
Matthew Eugene Nutter
Category
Books
Date
1835
Materials
Place of origin
Carlisle
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3100887
Summary
Bibliographic description
[10], 44, [2] p., [17] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; fol. Imperfect: final colophon leaf wanting. Provenance: Nineteenth-century cream morocco book label, lettered in gilt: “Presented to H. R. H. the Princess Louise, by the Mayor and Mayoress of Carlisle, on her visit to the city, upon the occasion of the opening of the bazaar in aid of the Cumberland Infirmary, September 1877. S. J. Bunning mayor.” Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full red morocco over boards; gilt fillets, roll-tools and blue morocco inlay to form a border; gilt cornerpieces; blue morocco oval centrepiece on upper cover, lettered in gilt: ‘Carlisle in the olden times’; gilt and blue morocco inner border; gilt spine panels and tools; sewn on five raised bands; gilt textblock edges; watered silk endpapers.
Makers and roles
Matthew Eugene Nutter, artist