A touch at the fine arts: / illustrated by twelve plates, with descriptions, by Henry Alken.
Henry Thomas Alken (London 1785 - London 1851)
Category
Books
Date
1824
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3101096
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16] leaves, XII plates ; 8vo. Pencil tick on front pastedown. Pencil price on front pastedown: "£28". Booksellers' pencil codes and number on rear pastedown: "F/q/-", "dd/-/-" and "198". Ephemera: loosely inserted (1) clipping from bookdealer's catalogue describing this copy; (2) typescript catalogue card. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (coat of arms in carved oval frame) with motto ‘Si je puis’ and lettered: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century quarter green morocco, marbled paper over boards; green printed paper title label on upper board; sewn onto five recessed cords; spine lettered direct (gilt-tooled): 'A touch at the fine arts.
Makers and roles
Henry Thomas Alken (London 1785 - London 1851), author