British castles; : or, a compendious history of the ancient military structures of Great Britain. / By T.H. Fielding, Esq. ; Illustrated by numerous views of some of the most interesting castles in Great Britain.
Theodore Henry Adolphus Fielding (Sowerby 1781 - Croydon 1851)
Category
Books
Date
1825
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3124755
Summary
Bibliographic description
vi, 72, [2] p., 25 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; obl. 4to. List of plates bound after p. vi. Occasional pencil underlining and annotations to introduction. Printed label on front pastedown: 'Picturesque views of British castles. Coloured engravings. Price £2 : 12s : 6d. in extra boards'. Pencil notes on front pastedown: "S", "Fielding" and "E/CD/-". Pencil numbers on rear pastedown: "104/153/11" and "134 C.P." [presumably Collated Perfect]. 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)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century half straight-grained red morocco, grey paper over boards; red morocco title label on upper board, gilt lettered: 'Views, of British castles'; recessed cords; gilt fillets on spine.
Makers and roles
Theodore Henry Adolphus Fielding (Sowerby 1781 - Croydon 1851), author