History of ancient pottery.
Samuel Birch (1813-1885)
Category
Books
Date
1858
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3114123.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1, col. plates : ill. ; 8vo. Provenance: manuscript inscription "Rosamond C. Talbot [i.e. Rosamond Talbot, d. 1906] the gift of her affectionate Papa [i.e. William Henry Fox Talbot, 1800-1877] March 16th 1858" on recto of preliminary half-title leaf. Loosely inserted small rectangular newspaper cutting with a design of a bouquet of flowers. Binding: nineteenth century publisher's binding in textured red cloth over boards; gilt stamped vignette in centre of upper board; gilt tooled title "Ancient pottery and porcelain Birch" and volume number on spine.
Makers and roles
Samuel Birch (1813-1885)