Japan day by day : 1877, 1878-79, 1882-83 / by Edward S. Morse … ; with 777 illustrations from sketches in the author's journal.
Edward Sylvester Morse (1838-1925)
Category
Books
Date
1917
Materials
Place of origin
Boston
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3101370.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 2, plate : ill. (1 col.) ; 8vo. Provenance: Twentieth-century pictorial bookplate (sailing ship with Fairhaven arms on sails): ‘Sapphire R.Y.S.’ and ‘Broughton’ [i.e. from the library of the yacht ‘Sapphire’, owned by Urban Hanlon Broughton (1857-1929), later by Cara Leland Rogers, Lady Fairhaven (1867-1939)]. Purple ink-stamp: ‘S.Y. Sapphire.’ [i.e. from the library of the yacht ‘Sapphire’, owned by Urban Hanlon Broughton (1857-1929), later by Cara Leland Rogers, Lady Fairhaven (1867-1939)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full publisher's grey cloth; cream and dark green blocked illustration on upper board: houses by the sea; dark green lettering on upper board and spine; gilt top edge. Some uncut leaves.
Makers and roles
Edward Sylvester Morse (1838-1925), author