The reminiscences and recollections of Captain Gronow. . Being anecdotes of the camp, court, clubs and society, 1810-1860.
Captain Rees Howell Gronow (1794-1865)
Category
Books
Date
1892
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3117153
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v., plates (part. col.) : ill.., port. ; 8vo. (22cm). Provenance:Twentieth-century armorial bookplate showing Vane-Tempest-Stewart arms marshalled with Chaplin, motto "Metuenda corolla draconis, with two supporters, all underneath a marquess's coronet with helmet and griffin passant crest, flanked by two badges, lettered in banner "Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry KG". Signed "W. & A. Mussett fecit; Lincoln's Inn, London". [i.e. Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915 (1878-1949)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full red morocco, double gilt rule forming a border on covers and spine. Five false raised bands. Lettered direct in gilt on spine. Gilt edges. Stamped on turn-in "Bumpus Ltd. Oxford St. W."
Makers and roles
Captain Rees Howell Gronow (1794-1865)