Cassell's history of the war between France and Germany 1870-1871.
Category
Books
Date
1873
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3156213
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v.. ill.. 26cm. Prices marked in pencil on verso flyleaf v. 1: '18/- 2 vols' and '2 vols 6/-'. v.2: '3/-'. Also 'p/p' in both vols. Provenance: Armorial book plate on pastedown, lettered: 'Recte et suaviter' and 'Pax mentis honestae gloria'. v.1: Inscribed on flyleaf: 'Scarsdale 1948' [i.e. Richard Curzon, 2nd Viscount Scarsdale (1898-1977). Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's full red cloth, black decorative panel with gilt centre-piece. Edges slightly turned in. Bookseller's stamp in v. 1: 'Doidge Bookseller stationer & binder 121 Union Street Plymouth'.