The book of wonderful characters . memoirs and anecdotes of remarkable and eccentric persons in all ages and countries. Chiefly from the text of Henry Wilson and James Caulfield. Illustrated with sixty-one full page engravings.
Henry Wilson
Category
Books
Date
1869
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 3113064
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], xxii, 416p., 61 plates . ill.., ports.. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Bound in at end: publishers' advertisements (32p.) Frontispiece is hand-coloured (as issued?). Provenance: Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Binding: Publishers' red cloth over boards, triple blind fillets to form border; gilt pictorial stamps and gilt spine title "Wonderful characters"; as issued.
Makers and roles
Henry Wilson James Caulfield