The fossils of the South Downs; . or illustrations of the geology of Sussex. By Gideon Mantell, F.L.S. ... the engravings executed by Mrs. Mantell, from drawings by the author. ...
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852)
Category
Books
Date
1822
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3126915
Summary
Bibliographic description
xiv,[2],327,[1], 42 plates (some folding) . ill.., maps (some col.) . 4to.. Not indigenous. Plate IV bound as frontispiece. Loosely inserted: clippings from dealer's catalogues, unrelated to provenance. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: William Egerton Hubbard [of Leonardslee, Horsham, Sussex, merchant for family business in St Petersburg, Russia. (Not in Franks)]. Nineteenth-century inscription on title page, crossed out. Pencil marks and marginalia. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf; marbled paper over boards; gilt spine fillets; red spine label with title 'Geology of Sussex. Mantell'; sewn on five raised band.
Makers and roles
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852)