The Percy anecdotes. . Original and select. By Sholto and Reuben Percy, brothers of the Benedictine Monastery, Mont Benger. Twenty volumes. Vol. II. Eloquence: - Patriotism.
Reuben Percy (1788-1826)
Category
Books
Date
1823
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 3140114
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],180,178,[2]p.,plates . ill.., ports. . 12mo.. Not indigenous. Meade collection.. Provenance: Presented to the National Trust by Miss Daphne Meade, 1999, and formerly in the library of Thurland Castle, Lancashire. Nineteenth century armorial bookplate, signed "CWS", lettered: "Rev. The Honble. Sidney Meade". Ink stamp: "Frankleigh House Library". manuscript inscription: "Charlotte Bentinck Jany 14th 1825.". Binding: Nineteenth-century full calf; upper and lower covers panelled in blind and gilt tooling; sewn over three raised bands; double gilt fillets to form a border; edges and turn-ins gilt rolled; spine gilt tooled; black spine labels, gilt lettered; all text edges marbled.
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
Reuben Percy (1788-1826) Thomas Byerley Sholto Percy (1788-1852) Joseph Clinton Robertson