The land and the book; : or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land. / By W.M. Thomson, D.D. ...
William McClure Thomson (1806-1894)
Category
Books
Date
1870
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3124064
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvii, [2], 20-718 p., [13] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., maps ; 8vo. Provenance: Prize binding of Grove Park School, Wrexham [attended by Urban Hanlon Broughton (1857-1929), father of Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (small variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Prize binding of Grove Park School, Wrexham: Nineteenth-century full blue calf; double gilt fillet to form an outer border; gilt-stamped centrepiece on upper board: seal and motto of Grove Park School, Wrexham; sewn onto recessed cords; original spine retained: five false bands; gilt tooled; red morocco spine label: 'The land and the book / Thomson'; gilt rolled board edges; blind rolled turn-ins; marbled textblock edges; marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
William McClure Thomson (1806-1894), author