Insects at home. . Being a popular account of British insects, their structure, habits, and transformations. By the Rev. J.G. Wood, ... With upwards of 700 figures by E. A. Smith and J. B, [sic] Zwecker, engraved by G. Pearson.
John George Wood (London 1827 - Coventry 1889)
Category
Books
Date
1892
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 3140409
Summary
Bibliographic description
xx,670p., plates (1 col.) . ill. . 8vo.. 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" [1839-1917]. Ink stamp: "Frankleigh House Library".. Binding: Nineteenth-century half cream leather; single gilt fillet at leather edges; blue morocco over boards; blue spine lable, gilt lettered; marbled endpapers; page edges gilt at head; 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
John George Wood (London 1827 - Coventry 1889)