The book of days . a miscellany of popular antiquities in connection with the calendar including anecdote, biography, & history curiosities of literature and oddities of human life and character. Edited by R. Chambers in two vols. ... Numerous engravings.
Robert Chambers (1802-1871)
Category
Books
Date
1864
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 3143621
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. . ill... Provenance: Ms on flyleaf in both vols.: "George. A. Gibbs from his affectionate friend and schoolfellow Charles. L. Lambert. On his leaving Eton Xmas 1865." [i.e. George Abraham Gibbs (1848-1870)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century sheep; gold-tooled spines with two green labels and five raised bands; gold and blind-tooled borders on boards; gold-tooled board edges; blind-tooled board inners; marbled endpapers and edges.
Makers and roles
Robert Chambers (1802-1871)