The art of travel;. or, shifts and contrivances available in wild countries.
Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911)
Category
Books
Date
1855
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3175000
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii,196;32p.. ill.. 8vo. Pencil notes and sketches on various pages. Autograph letter from Francis Galton to Sir Gardner Wilkinson, dated Jan. 8 1855, tipped in at front. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: 'John Gardner Wilkinson Brynfield House.' [i.e. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1795-1875)]. Inscription on endpaper: 'Sir Gardner Wilkinson from the author' [i.e.Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century textured red cloth (as issued), faded. Some leaves loose. Binder's ticket on end pastedown: 'Bound by Edmonds & Remnants, London'.
Makers and roles
Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911)