The life of Mahomet and a history of Islam, to the era if the Hegira. . With introductory chapters on the original sources for the biography of Mahomet, and on the pre-Islamite history of Arabia. By William Muir ...
William Muir
Category
Books
Date
1858 - 1861
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 3139977
Summary
Bibliographic description
4v., plates (some folded) . ill.., maps, plans . 22cm.. Not indigenous. Meade collection. Vols. 3-4 previously B.1.16-17. Provenance: Presented to the National Trust by Miss Daphne Meade, 1999, and formerly in the library of Thurland Castle, Lancashire. All vols with nineteenth century armorial bookplate, signed "CWS", lettered: "Rev. The Honble. Sidney Meade", and ink stamp: "Frankleigh House Library".. Binding: Nineteenth century half calf; five false raised bands; marbled paper over boards, endpapers and edges marbled to match; spine gilt tooled and lettered; title gilt lettered on red spine label; binder's ticket: Aubrey Binder Salisbury.
Provenance
Presented to the National Trust by Miss Daphne Meade in 1999, and formerly in the library of Sidney Meade (1839-1917), Canon of Salisbury Cathedral, of Thurland Castle, Lancashire.
Makers and roles
William Muir