The life of a soldier; : a narrative and descriptive poem. With eighteen engravings, / by William Heath.
William Heath (London 1795 - Hampstead 1840)
Category
Books
Date
1823
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3101433
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 150 p., 18 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 4to. Ephemera: clipping from bookdealer's catalogue about this copy pasted onto second front free endpaper (price cut out). Pencil note on front free endpaper verso: "A Fine Uncut Copy". Pencil notes on rear free endpaper: "C + P [illegible] 4.12.35"; "dx"; "5478" (crossed through in pencil) and "11319". Bookseller's pencil code[?] on rear pastedown (erased): "EO/-"[?]. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Pencil initials on front pastedown: "R.M.". Binding: Nineteenth-century full polished calf; triple gilt fillet to form an outer border with small gilt-stamped cornerpieces; sewn onto five raised bands; gilt-tooled spine; red morocco spine label, gilt lettered: 'The life of a soldier'; gilt rolled board edges and turn-ins; top edge gilt; yellow ribbon marker. Binder's ink-stamp on front free endpaper verso: 'Hatchards 187. Piccadilly.'.
Makers and roles
William Heath (London 1795 - Hampstead 1840), author