The primæval world of Switzerland
Oswald Heer (1809-1883)
Category
Books
Date
1876
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3149270
Summary
*Note shelfmarks - not shelved contiguously.
Bibliographic description
2v. vii, 324 p., [5] leaves of plates ; vii, [1], 324 p., [5] leaves of plates) : ill.. (some col.), 1 col. map ; 8vo (23 cm). Provenance: nineteenth-century printed bookplate, to front pastedown: 'Miss Talbot / 27, Marloes Road / Kensington'; both volumes inscribed front flyleaf verso: "Ela Theresa Talbot / The gift of her affectionate papa / 1877" i.e. from Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) to his eldest child Ela Theresa Fox Talbot (1835-1893). Binding: publisher's smooth maroon cloth, gold fern vignette to upper cover, gold lettered spine (sunned).
Makers and roles
Oswald Heer (1809-1883) James Heywood William Sweetland Dallas (1824 - 1890)