The old curiosity shop
Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)
Category
Books
Date
1874
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dorneywood House and Gardens, Buckinghamshire
NT 3125023
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.,[4] leaves of plates . ill.. . 8vo.. Shelved and uniformly bound as part of 30v. set of Dickens' Works. Old NT shelfmark: C.2.7-8. Provenance: Black ink stamp on flyleaves: The National Trust founded 1895. Binding: Nineteenth-century polished calf over boards, gilt tooling on spine, board edges and inners, double gilt fillet and small floral cornerpieces on covers, red and brown spine labels, gilt top edge. Spine title: Dickens' Works 7 [-8] ... Gilt tooling at foot of front endpaper: Bound by Ramage. Vol. 2 rebacked.
Makers and roles
Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) Hablot Knight Browne 'Phiz' (London 1815 - Hove 1882) George Cattermole (Dickleburgh 1800 - Clapham 1868)