A natural history of the nests and eggs of British birds.
The Reverend Francis Orpen Morris (1810-1893)
Category
Books
Date
1875
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 3141616
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v.,CCXXXII [i.e.223] plates (col.) . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Meade collection. Imperfect: vols. 1-2 only.. 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 calf; textured cloth over boards; five false raised bands; spines gilt toole; tan and brown spine labels, gilt lettered; page edges gilt at head; marbled endpapers; 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
The Reverend Francis Orpen Morris (1810-1893)