The military adventures of Johnny Newcome, : with an account of his campaigns on the Peninsula and in Pall Mall: / with sketches by Rowlandson; and notes. By an officer.
David Roberts (1757-1819)
Category
Books
Date
1815
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3124662
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 188 p., [15] leaves of plates ; 8vo. Pencil note on front free endpaper verso: "by David Roberts". Bookseller's pencil code (erased) on front free endpaper verso: "o/o/-". Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full straight-grained red morocco; triple gilt fillet to form a border; sewn onto five raised bands; gilt tooled spine, lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Military adventures of Johnny Newcome'; double gilt fillet on board edges; gilt rolled turn-ins; gilt textblock edges. Binder's gilt stamp on front turn-in: 'R. Wallis. Binder.'.
Makers and roles
David Roberts (1757-1819), author Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756 – London 1827), artist