"Plain or ringlets?"
Robert Smith Surtees (1805-1864)
Category
Books
Date
1870
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 3113549
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii,[2],406p., [12] plates . ill.. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Plates hand-coloured.. Provenance: Late nineteenth- or early twentieth-century armorial book label with motto "Post nubila phooebus" (as yet unidentified). Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed in Norris's hand on flyleaf: "H. [i.e. Hodgson's] 31/7 42 Lot 420 Đ8-8 [with 6 other Surtees novels]".. Binding: Nineteenth-century half red morocco; marbled boards; gilt spine fillet and tools; gilt spine title; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
Robert Smith Surtees (1805-1864)