The story of Nell Gwyn: : and the sayings of Charles the Second. / Related and collected by Peter Cunningham, F.S.A.
Peter Cunningham (1816-1869)
Category
Books
Date
1852
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3118500
Summary
Bibliographic description
xi, [1], 212 p., frontis. plate : ill., plates, ports. ; 20 cm. Extra-illustrated. Pencil note on front free endpaper verso: "With 25 extra illustrations". Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (small variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Gilt stamp on rear pastedown: 'Bound for Chas. J. Sawyer, Ltd. London.'. Binding: Twentieth-century Cosway-style binding: full blue morocco; elaborate gilt tooled centrepiece on upper board: monogram 'NG' within pattern of gilt tooled leaves and roses with inlaid red morocco; gilt roll and fillets to form an outer border on boards; gilt stamped cornerpieces on boards: two interlocking C's with leaves and a crown above; small gilt stamped roses, with inlaid white and red morocco, at the head, foot and sides of the boards; sewn onto five raised bands; gilt tooled spine, lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'The story of Nell Gwyn', 'Cunningham' and '1852'; gilt stamped crown, interlocking C's and roses with inlaid white and red morocco in remaining spine compartments; double gilt fillet on board edges; gilt fillets and rolls on turn-ins with small gilt stamped leaves as cornerpieces; red morocco on pastedowns; miniature of Nell Gywn under glass on front pastedown in gilt metal frame with elaborate gilt tooled border of leaves and flowers (with inlaid blue morocco); red watered silk free endleaves; gilt top edge. Gilt stamp on rear pastedown: 'Bound for Chas. J. Sawyer, Ltd. London.'. Gilt stamped monogram on rear pastedown: 'S&S' [i.e. Sangorski & Sutcliffe]. In blue cloth-covered box with gilt lettered spine.
Makers and roles
Peter Cunningham (1816-1869), author