Engravings / by James Storer and his son Henry Sargant Storer, ; interspersed with some by J. Walker his master, John Greig his partner, and William Woolnoth and others his pupils.
James Sargant Storer (Cambridge 1771 - London 1853)
Category
Books
Date
1789 - 1832
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3154711
Summary
Bibliographic description
10 v. : ill., coats of arms, maps, plans ; fol. Shelved and uniform with 3 vol. set of Storer's 'Drawings'. Pencil note in vol. 1 of Storer's 'Drawings' re. both sets: "13 Vols £65". Occasional manuscript annotations in nineteenth-century hand. Ephemera: clipping from book dealer's catalogue about this set, together with 3 vol. set of Storer's 'Drawings', loosely inserted into vol. 1: price: £65. Blank sheet of paper loosely inserted into vols. 1-3, 8 and 10. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century half red calf, marbled paper over boards; spines gilt, black spine labels: 'Engravings by James & H.S. Storer' with vol. no. and list of counties included; sewn onto five raised bands. Vol 1 rebacked (spine retained); binder's ticket on rear pastedown: 'Repairs W.D.B. 16 Russell St. Hastings'.
Makers and roles
James Sargant Storer (Cambridge 1771 - London 1853), engraver (printmaker) Henry Sargant Storer (1795-1837), engraver (printmaker) James Walker (c.1748 - c.1825), engraver (printmaker) John Greig (fl.1800 - 1853), engraver (printmaker) William Woolnoth (c.1770 - c.1836), engraver (printmaker)