Life of a Scotch naturalist. Thomas Edward associate of the Linnean society.
Samuel Smiles (1812-1904)
Category
Books
Date
1877
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3165385
Summary
Bibliographic description
xix, [1], 446 p., plates. ill., port.. 20.5cm. Former shelfmark: "F4A b 1". Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate, monogram "VHC" [i.e. Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet (1846-1924)]; inscribed on title page: "V.H. Crewe with his mother's love March 13. 1877" [to Vauncey Harpur Crewe from Georgiana Harpur Crewe nee Stanhope Lovell (1824-1910)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's full maroon cloth, black panel stamped, gilt lettering on spine. Bookseller's ticket on upper pastedown: "Hatchards, Piccadilly, London".
Makers and roles
Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) Sir George Reid (1841-1913)