Pleasing tales transliterated from the Persian,. for the use of his less industrious descendents /
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826-1902)
Category
Books
Date
1885
Materials
Place of origin
India
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3177146
Summary
Bibliographic description
[1], 31 leaves ; 30 cm. Provenance: endpaper inscribed "To my dear and industrious little sister Katie, from the author Dufferin / Viceroy's Camp / Indore, India / Nov. 13th 1885." [i.e. Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826–1902) to (Mary) Catherine Nicolson, Lady Carnock (1860-1951)]. Binding: nineteenth-century burgundy morocco; gilt fillet border; five false bands; gilt lettered on upper cover. (Slight damp staining, insect damage.)
Makers and roles
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826-1902)